Swift County, Minnesota Hail Map & History
The most recent reported hail day was 2026-06-05, 101 days ago. Swift County is hit in about half the years on record. The largest stone on record here is 3.1 inches and 3.1 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2021-08-28 near Appleton.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Minnesota. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-06-05, around De Graff. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Swift County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 14 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 0.8 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 19 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 8 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2016 alone produced 3 of the 14 days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 3 days since 2022.
2 of the 14 days reached 2 inches or more -- 14%, or about one hail day in 7, the last on 2021-08-28. They land in the same month as everything else, July. 4 of the 14 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
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Hardest-hit places in Swift County
Reports cluster nearest Benson -- 4 of the county's 14 hail days -- then Kerkhoven (4), Appleton (2) and Danvers (2).
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Kerkhoven | 3 | 1.75″ |
| Benson | 2 | 1.75″ |
| 7 Nw Appleton | 1 | 3.10″ |
| 1 N Danvers | 1 | 2.75″ |
| Appleton | 1 | 2.50″ |
When it hails in Swift County
The season runs May through August: 12 of the 14 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (86%). July is the single busiest month, with 4 of them (29%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in September, outside that window. Reports span 5 of the 12 calendar months; the other 7 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| May | 2 |
| June | 3 |
| July | 4 |
| August | 3 |
| September | 2 |
Recent Swift County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1.5 inches near De Graff. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2024-07-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-05-09 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2021-09-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2021-08-28 | 3.10″ | 2 |
| 2019-05-03 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2017-09-19 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2017-07-09 | 2.50″ | 5 |
How to read the Swift 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 3.1 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: Chippewa County (15 hail days), Pope County (29) and Stevens County (20). Every one of them takes more hail than Swift County.
Chippewa County · Pope County · Stevens County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Swift County, Minnesota only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.