NOAA hail reports · updated hourly

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

Every hail report NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged in North Dakota: 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 North Dakota today or yesterday (checked hourly; last update October 19, 2026).

The last 90 days

70 hail reports, 19 of them 2 inches or larger. The most recent was 2.75" on September 23, 2026 near 2 SW South Heart, Stark County.

DateHail sizeNOAA location
Sep 232.75"2 SW South Heart, Stark County
Sep 231.25"3 SE Belfield, Stark County
Sep 231"New England, Hettinger County
Sep 71.75"4 SSW Ruso, McLean County
Sep 61.75"7 S Watford City, McKenzie County
Sep 61.75"5 S Watford City, McKenzie County
Sep 61.5"6 S Gladstone, Stark County
Sep 61.25"Hebron, Morton County
Sep 61.25"11 NNE Alexander, McKenzie County
Sep 61"4 S Garrison, McLean County
Sep 51.5"1 NNE Rolla, Rolette County
Sep 51"2 SE Saint John, Rolette County
Sep 51"8 SW Hansboro, Towner County
Sep 31.5"3 NNE Simcoe, McHenry County
Sep 31.5"Finley, Steele County
Sep 21"Williston, Williams County
Aug 243.25"2 NW Tolna, Nelson County
Aug 243"1 N Tolna, Nelson County
Aug 241.75"6 NE Hamar, Nelson County
Aug 241.75"5 ENE Edgeley, LaMoure County
Aug 241.5"11 NNW Woodworth, Stutsman County
Aug 241.25"6 NW Lake Williams, Kidder County
Aug 241.25"3 W Mchenry, Foster County
Aug 241"10 WNW Binford, Eddy County
Aug 241"8 S Lakota, Nelson County

The 25 most recent of 70.

1-inch-plus hail reports per year

2026 is the year so far.

Largest hail since 2016
  • 4.5"July 29, 2024
  • 4"June 29, 2026 · 4 E Horace
  • 4"August 28, 2024
  • 4"July 19, 2016
  • 3.75"August 23, 2020

North Dakota'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.

  • Fargo23 days · #93

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 North Dakota today?

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

How often does it hail in North Dakota?

NOAA logged between 117 and 324 reports of 1-inch-or-larger hail a year in North Dakota 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.