Hail in Minnesota
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Minnesota, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail episodes in Minnesota.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 15,756
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 30
- Damage
- $1.1 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 6, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 6, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 13, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 30, 1967
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 14, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 26, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, March 29, 1998Tornado moving through southern Brown county brushed extreme northwest Watonwan county. See Brown county narrative.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 2010Conditions were ripe by the afternoon of the 17th for a major severe weather outbreak. A surface low had moved into east central North Dakota with an occluded front extending to the southeast.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 24, 2006Vehicles, siding, and roofs damaged.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 2008A cold front was the catalyst for numerous reports of severe weather on this date.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 2000Touched down in open field. No damage.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 22, 2011During the early afternoon of Sunday May 22nd, a line of thunderstorms developed across south central Minnesota, and quickly moved north and northeast across east-central Minnesota, and into west-central Wisconsin.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 17, 2010Several strong storms developed in west-central Minnesota during the mid afternoon hours of June 17th.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 199820 to 40 homes damaged. Estimated windspeed. Damage estimate for entire county.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 26 to 27, 1998Trees down. Damage to sheds and barns.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, September 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 1957
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Minnesota, June 11 to 12, 2008A warm frontal boundary across from eastern North Dakota to central Minnesota was one of the main culprits for severe weather on this date.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, September 21, 2005Hail covered the ground.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 7, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 26, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, September 18, 1997Several buildings destroyed and numerous other buildings damaged. Hundreds of trees down. A number of cattle killed in barn collapse. One man injured when the tornado engulfed his car and threw it into a nearby woods. A second man critically injured when his garage collapsed.
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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.