Hail events in Goodhue County, Minnesota The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 155 hail events on record for Goodhue County, Minnesota, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 17 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 40 hail events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

Apr 17 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSW of CANNON FALLS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSW of CANNON FALLS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNE of HAY CREEK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles N of WACOUTA

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SE of RED WING

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of RED WING

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles N of WACOUTA

Apr 13 2026

Hail3.30 in, tea cup size

1 mile SW of DENNISON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At GOODHUE

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

3 miles SSW of FRONTENAC

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

5 miles ENE of BELLECHESTER

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

2 miles W of WASTEDO

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles NE of DENNISON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of SOGN

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles NW of WASTEDO

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles NW of WASTEDO

Mar 28 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At ZUMBROTA

Sep 19 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SW of KENYON

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles WSW of KENYON

May 20 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ZUMBROTA

Jul 24 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SSW of DENNISON

Jul 22 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles S of KENYON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of PINE IS

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of FRONTENAC

May 6 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SE of FRONTENAC

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for Goodhue County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
1970s	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
1980s	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	6
1990s	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	11
2000s	2	5	7	0	6	6	18	8	6	2	60
2010s	0	6	9	0	2	0	2	3	0	3	25
2020s	2	14	7	5	3	1	16 (part of the year)				48

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan0 events
Feb0 events
Mar3 events
Apr22 events
May33 events
Jun44 events
Jul22 events
Aug22 events
Sep8 events
Oct1 event
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Goodhue County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	43
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	73
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	32
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	7
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Goodhue County beside the total of the counties of Minnesota and of the United States
Measure	Goodhue	All counties of Minnesota	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	155	15,739	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	20.5	19.8	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	32.3	27.6	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for Goodhue County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
11 May 2022	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 May 2022	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
11 May 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 2022	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 May 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2022	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 2022	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	3.00 in	$3.0 million	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Sep 2020	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
6 Sep 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 Aug 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	$50 thousand	County
16 May 2017	Hail	2.50 in	$250 thousand	County
16 May 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Sep 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Aug 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 Aug 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
13 Sep 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Aug 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	2.75 in	$5.0 million	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Oct 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Aug 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2001	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Jun 2001	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 Jun 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Aug 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Sep 1992	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jun 1992	Hail	0.90 in	none	County
28 May 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 May 1989	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
23 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 1985	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
15 Aug 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jul 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jul 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1971	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Sep 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 1963	Hail	2.50 in	none	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Twin Cities, MN (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Goodhue County, Minnesota". https://countyhazards.com/county/mn/goodhue/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Goodhue County?: June has 44 of the 155 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Minnesota?: NCEI has 15,756 hail events on record for Minnesota from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Goodhue County compare with the other counties of Minnesota?: The counties of Minnesota have 19.8 hail events for each 100 square miles. Goodhue County has 20.5.
How large is the hail on record for Goodhue County?: 39 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.