NOAA hail reports · updated hourly

Hail in Minnesota: today, this week and the last ten years

Every hail report NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged in Minnesota: today's and yesterday's as they come in, the last 90 days, and ten years of history. Each report is hail of 1 inch or larger — the size that damages roofs.

Today and yesterday

No hail reported in Minnesota today or yesterday (checked hourly; last update October 19, 2026).

The last 90 days

139 hail reports, 19 of them 2 inches or larger. The most recent was 1.75" on September 11, 2026 near 5 E Artichoke, Stevens County.

DateHail sizeNOAA location
Sep 111.75"5 E Artichoke, Stevens County
Sep 111.75"7 S Alberta, Stevens County
Sep 111.75"7 S Alberta, Stevens County
Sep 111.5"7 S Alberta, Stevens County
Sep 111.25"7 NE Dumont, Traverse County
Sep 111.25"4.8 SW Herman, Grant County
Sep 111.25"2 SSE Norcross, Grant County
Sep 111.25"6 S Alberta, Stevens County
Sep 111"4 NNW Chisholm, St. Louis County
Sep 111"7 NE Dumont, Traverse County
Sep 111"Chokio, Stevens County
Sep 111"Blue Grass, Wadena County
Sep 111"7 NE Artichoke, Stevens County
Sep 61.5"1 SW Morton, Renville County
Sep 32.3"6 S Naytahwaush, Mahnomen County
Sep 32.25"4 NW Miltona, Douglas County
Sep 32"3 NNE Miltona, Douglas County
Sep 32"4 NNW Miltona, Douglas County
Sep 31.75"4 WSW Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County
Sep 31.75"3 SW Parkers Prairie, Otter Tail County
Sep 31.75"5 WNW Laporte, Hubbard County
Sep 31.25"10 SW Rothsay, Wilkin County
Sep 31.25"2 WNW Fosston, Polk County
Sep 31.25"4 SSE Bagley, Clearwater County
Sep 31"16 N Park Rapids, Hubbard County

The 25 most recent of 139.

1-inch-plus hail reports per year

2026 is the year so far.

Largest hail since 2016
  • 6"July 31, 2024
  • 4"September 1, 2026 · 1 W Easton
  • 4"August 3, 2024
  • 4"August 5, 2019
  • 4"July 26, 2019

Minnesota's hailiest large cities, 2016–2025

Days with 1-inch-plus hail within 25 km, and each city's rank among 342 large US cities — the US cities with the most hail.

  • St. Paul41 days · #37
  • Minneapolis39 days · #39
  • Rochester23 days · #91

Did it hail at your house?

Check every NOAA hail report within 10 km of your address, back ten years — then see what a new roof would cost, measured from satellite.

Questions

Did it hail in Minnesota today?

No hail had been reported in Minnesota by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center today or yesterday when this page was last refreshed (hourly).

How often does it hail in Minnesota?

NOAA logged between 198 and 581 reports of 1-inch-or-larger hail a year in Minnesota from 2016 to 2025.

Did hail hit my house?

A report is a point where someone measured hail, not the storm's whole path. Check NOAA reports within 10 km of your own address with the free hail check, and have a licensed roofer inspect before anyone files a claim.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe-weather reports — its daily files for today and yesterday, read hourly, and its archive from 2016. A report is where a spotter or member of the public measured hail, so a storm can be bigger than its reports. Other states: hail by state.