Minnesota was hit as recently as 2026-07-24, 7 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 593 separate hail days in Minnesota since 2010, across 5,169 individual storm reports. 160 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 6 inches on 2024-07-31 near Chokio, Stevens.
Minnesota's Twin Cities have absorbed some of the costliest hailstorms on record; the southern half of the state is most exposed. Pick a date below to see the NOAA radar swath and reports, or check a specific address.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Minnesota. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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See call-center options ->Minnesota averages 35 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 9 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Rochester, St. Cloud.
Minnesota's busiest hail month is July, with 153 of its 593 hail days on record. May through August holds 485 of them, 82% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| March | 6 |
| April | 34 |
| May | 81 |
| June | 144 |
| July | 153 |
| August | 107 |
| September | 59 |
| October | 9 |
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail | 65 | 3.00″ |
| St. Louis | 59 | 3.00″ |
| Polk | 59 | 2.50″ |
| Beltrami | 56 | 2.75″ |
| Becker | 55 | 2.75″ |
| Dakota | 47 | 2.75″ |
84 Minnesota counties have at least 13 NOAA hail days on record since 2010 -- enough archive signal for a page of their own. Ordered by hail days.
Otter Tail County · Polk County · St. Louis County · Beltrami County · Becker County · Dakota County · Stearns County · Cass County · Hennepin County · Marshall County · Crow Wing County · Roseau County · Wright County · Clay County · Lyon County · Hubbard County · Aitkin County · Itasca County · Nobles County · Winona County · Norman County · Wadena County · Grant County · Kandiyohi County · Pine County · Kittson County · McLeod County · Washington County · Morrison County · Pope County · Scott County · Le Sueur County · Olmsted County · Ramsey County · Renville County · Rice County · Jackson County · Meeker County · Todd County · Cottonwood County · Fillmore County · Murray County · Rock County · Sherburne County · Sibley County · Blue Earth County · Carlton County · Dodge County · Goodhue County · Anoka County · Big Stone County · Clearwater County · Kanabec County · Lincoln County · Mahnomen County · Mille Lacs County · Redwood County · Freeborn County · Lake of the Woods County · Martin County · Pennington County · Pipestone County · Carver County · Douglas County · Nicollet County · Traverse County · Wilkin County · Lac qui Parle County · Stevens County · Mower County · Lake County · Wabasha County · Benton County · Red Lake County · Steele County · Brown County · Chippewa County · Chisago County · Houston County · Waseca County · Yellow Medicine County · Isanti County · Watonwan County · Swift County
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | 2.00″ | 4 |
| 2026-07-07 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-06 | 1.50″ | 2 |
| 2026-07-04 | 1.75″ | 19 |
| 2026-07-03 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-02 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-06-29 | 3.00″ | 19 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2.50″ | 12 |
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail in each ~1 km cell; the dots are individual SPC ground reports. Yellow is around an inch, red is 1.5 to 2″, and purple is 2″ and up -- see how hail size maps to roof damage. Click any spot on the map to see the hail history at that point, or look up a full street address on the hail history by address tool. Today's nationwide activity is on today's hail report.
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Minnesota only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.