Wilkin County, Minnesota Hail Map & History
Wilkin County was hit as recently as 2026-09-03, 11 days ago. Wilkin County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 1.75 inches, a golf ball and 1.8 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2016-08-27 near Everdell.
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 2026-09-03, around Rothsay. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Wilkin 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 21 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.2 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 33 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 5 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2010, with 4 hail days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 3 days since 2022, against 1.5 a year before that.
No stone of 2 inches or more has ever been reported in Wilkin County: all 21 hail days on record topped out below that. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 5 of the 21 days.
Across the whole of Minnesota, see the Minnesota hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Wilkin County
Reports cluster nearest Campbell -- 6 of the county's 21 hail days -- then Breckenridge (4), Doran (3), Rothsay (3) and Foxhome (3). Beyond those, NOAA names Kent, Barnesville, Lawndale and Wolverton on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell | 2 | 1.50″ |
| 2 E Breckenridge | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 3 Nne Campbell | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 4 Sw Doran | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 7 Wsw Barnesville | 1 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Wilkin County
The season runs June through August: 18 of the 21 hail days on record fall in those 3 months (86%). August is the single busiest month, with 7 of them (33%). That peak closes the window: the season builds all the way to its worst month and then stops. Hail has also been reported in April, May and September, outside that window. Reports span 6 of the 12 calendar months; the other 6 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| April | 1 |
| May | 1 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 6 |
| August | 7 |
| September | 1 |
Recent Wilkin County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1.25 inches near Rothsay. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2025-08-11 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2024-06-12 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2021-07-25 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2020-08-13 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2020-07-08 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2020-04-06 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2017-07-21 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Wilkin 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 1.75 inches, which is the red band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own, over the state line included: Grant County (31 hail days), Clay County (38), Traverse County (21) and Richland County, North Dakota (39). Wilkin County sits in between.
Grant County · Clay County · Traverse County · Richland County, North Dakota
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Wilkin County, Minnesota only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.