Clearwater County, Minnesota Hail Map & History
Clearwater County was hit as recently as 2026-09-03, 11 days ago. Clearwater County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 2 inches, a hen egg and twice the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2017-07-21 near Bagley.
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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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 25 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.5 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 38 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 6 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2018 alone produced 5 of the 25 days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 7 days since 2022.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 25 days on record passed it, 4%, the last on 2017-07-21. Those big days do not follow the county's usual calendar: most of them fall in July, not June. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 2 of the 25 days.
Across the whole of Minnesota, see the Minnesota hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Clearwater County
Reports cluster nearest Bagley -- 8 of the county's 25 hail days -- then Zerkel (4), Lake Itasca (3), Alida (3) and Ebro (3). Beyond those, NOAA names Leonard, Shevlin, Clearbrook and Gonvick on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| 4 SSE Bagley | 2 | 2.00″ |
| Shevlin | 2 | 1.25″ |
| Zerkel | 2 | 1.25″ |
| 3 S Lake Itasca | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 7 W Bagley | 1 | 1.50″ |
When it hails in Clearwater County
The season runs June through September: 22 of the 25 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (88%). June is the single busiest month, with 7 of them (28%). That peak opens the window: the season starts at its worst and eases off from there. Hail has also been reported in May, outside that window. Reports span 5 of the 12 calendar months; the other 7 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| May | 3 |
| June | 7 |
| July | 4 |
| August | 7 |
| September | 4 |
Recent Clearwater County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1.25 inches near Bagley. 3 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-06 | 1.25″ | 2 |
| 2026-08-03 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-07-09 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-05-30 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2022-06-24 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-05-29 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2020-08-13 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Clearwater County map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Yellow is about an inch, red 1.5 to 2″, purple 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 2 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Mahnomen County (23 hail days), Beltrami County (57) and Hubbard County (40). Clearwater County sits in between.
Mahnomen County · Beltrami County · Hubbard County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Clearwater County, Minnesota only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.