Emmons County, North Dakota Hail Map & History
Emmons County was hit as recently as 2026-08-08, 37 days ago. Emmons County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 2.75 inches, a baseball and 2.8 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2013-06-20 near Linton.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in North Dakota. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-08-08, around Strasburg. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Emmons County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
Get free access Check an addressOur US-based call center calls the homeowners in this storm and books roof inspections straight onto your calendar. You work the storm; we fill the schedule. We dial -- you do not have to knock a single door.
See call-center options ->How often it hails in Emmons County
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 30 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.8 a year over 17 years of record. Those days carry 55 separate reports between them, two or three on a typical one. 4 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2010, with 5 hail days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 8 days since 2022.
5 of the 30 days reached 2 inches or more -- 17%, or about one hail day in 6, the last on 2020-06-01. They land in the same month as everything else, June. 11 of the 30 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of North Dakota, see the North Dakota hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Emmons County
Reports cluster nearest Linton -- 9 of the county's 30 hail days -- then Strasburg (8), Kintyre (7), Hazelton (5) and Hague (3). Beyond those, NOAA names Westfield, Temvik and Braddock on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Linton | 6 | 2.75″ |
| Strasburg | 4 | 1.75″ |
| Hazelton | 3 | 1.75″ |
| 10 S Kintyre | 2 | 1.75″ |
| 14 ENE Strasburg | 2 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Emmons County
The season runs June through August: 25 of the 30 hail days on record fall in those 3 months (83%). June is the single busiest month, with 11 of them (37%). That peak opens the window: the season starts at its worst and eases off from there. Hail has also been reported in May and September, outside that window. Reports span 5 of the 12 calendar months; the other 7 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| May | 4 |
| June | 11 |
| July | 7 |
| August | 7 |
| September | 1 |
Recent Emmons County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Strasburg. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-08 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-07-26 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-06-27 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2024-08-28 | 1.25″ | 2 |
| 2024-05-23 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2024-05-02 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-07-21 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2022-07-09 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Emmons 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 2.75 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, over the state line included: Logan County (24 hail days), McIntosh County (30), Sioux County (32) and Campbell County, South Dakota (30). Emmons County sits in between.
Logan County · McIntosh County · Sioux County · Campbell County, South Dakota
Back to the North Dakota hail map or the U.S. hail map.
FAQ
How often does it hail in Emmons County, North Dakota?
When is hail season in Emmons County?
How big does hail get in Emmons County?
When was the last hail in Emmons County?
Is the Emmons County hail map free?
Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Emmons County, North Dakota only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.