Hail, Blue Earth
- When
- May 28, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -94.220
Hail in Minnesota, May 28, 1974
5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Blue Earth
- When
- May 28, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -94.000
Hail, Faribault
- When
- May 28, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.770, -93.920
Hail, Faribault
- When
- May 28, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -93.680
Hail, Freeborn
- When
- May 28, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -93.500
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10052417, 10052418, 10052419, 10052420, 10052421.