Minnesota, 2025

Hail in Minnesota, July 9 to 10, 2025

July 9 to 10, 2025 · NWS FGF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms produced quarter size hail over far northwest Minnesota during the late evening and early morning hours.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.

Severe thunderstorms produced quarter size hail over far northwest Minnesota during the late evening and early morning hours.

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:36 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kittson

When
July 9, 9:37 PM CST to 9:42 PM CST
Where
Kittson County, 2.12 mi SSW of Caribou
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
48.950, -96.460

Spotter estimated hail size. Time estimated by radar.

Hail, Marshall

When
July 10, 12:10 AM CST to 12:15 AM CST
Where
Marshall County, 1.46 mi SSW of Viking
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
48.180, -96.430

Report from 1 mile north of Carpenters Corner in Marshall county.

What these are

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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1282146, 1282164.