Hail, Dakota
- When
- April 25, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -93.150
Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 25, 1986
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dakota
- When
- April 25, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.320
Hail, Dakota
- When
- April 25, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -93.020
Hail, Washington
- When
- April 25, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -92.920
Hail, Dakota
- When
- April 25, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -92.970
Hail, Houston
- When
- April 25, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -91.650
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- April 25, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 0.9 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -95.050
Hail, Stearns
- When
- April 25, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.730, -94.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Pine
- When
- April 25, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 46.020, -92.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Pine
- When
- April 25, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -92.480
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 25, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 25, 1986
- Hail in Indiana, April 25, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 25, 1986
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 25, 1986
- Hail in Illinois, April 25, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, April 25, 1986
- Hail in Michigan, April 25, 1986
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 1986
- Hail in North Dakota, April 25, 1986
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, April 1986
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: 10046931, 10046932, 10046933, 10046934, 10046935, 10046936, 10046937, 10046938, 10046939, 10046940.