Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 1996

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

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.

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:22 UTC.

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Hail

Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Heat in Illinois, May 18 to 19, 19962 deaths · 1 event
• Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 19962 injured · $1.5 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996$130,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996$105,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996$90,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996$75,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
• Heat in Virginia, May 18 to 21, 199642 events
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996$70,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 18, 1996$60,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996$50,000 · 85 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996$50,000 · 80 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event

Every storm in Minnesota in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, May 1996

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: 5556511.