Hail events in Redwood 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 153 hail events on record for Redwood County, Minnesota, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 27 Aug 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 32 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

Aug 27 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles WNW of LUCAN

Jul 15 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At MORGAN

Jul 10 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles ESE of REDWOOD FALLS ARPT

Oct 24 2023

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile S of SANBORN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile E of LAMBERTON

Jul 27 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles NNE of MORGAN

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At MORGAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of MORGAN

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At MORGAN

Jul 22 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

5 miles S of MILROY

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

5 miles SSW of MILROY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WSW of MILROY

Sep 6 2020

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NW of REDWOOD FALLS

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NW of REDWOOD FALLS

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NW of REDWOOD FALLS

Aug 15 2019

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SW of MORGAN

Jun 20 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SSE of CLEMENTS

Apr 11 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of BELVIEW

Jul 25 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSW of SANBORN

Jul 3 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of WABASSO

May 29 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NW of VESTA

Jun 11 2017

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile S of SANBORN

Mar 6 2017

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles SSW of REDWOOD FALLS. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At WABASSO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of REDWOOD FALLS

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 Redwood 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	2	1	3
1960s	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4
1970s	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	8
1980s	1	1	4	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	13
1990s	0	4	0	1	5	2	2	2	4	3	23
2000s	2	3	10	1	8	7	1	1	12	5	50
2010s	2	3	8	6	1	0	7	4	3	3	37
2020s	3	0	0	9	2	1	0 (part of the year)				15

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
Apr10 events
May32 events
Jun39 events
Jul29 events
Aug30 events
Sep8 events
Oct2 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Redwood County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	67
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	51
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	29
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	4
4 in and larger	softball and larger	2

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: Redwood County beside the total of the counties of Minnesota and of the United States
Measure	Redwood	All counties of Minnesota	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	153	15,739	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	17.4	19.8	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	99.6	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 Redwood County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
18 Aug 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Aug 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$100 thousand	County
21 Jun 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2013	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
23 Aug 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Aug 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jul 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Sep 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Aug 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Aug 2009	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Sep 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Sep 2005	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Aug 2005	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Aug 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Aug 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Aug 2001	Hail	2.75 in	$25 thousand	County
24 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jul 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 1997	Hail	4.00 in	$1.4 million	County
13 Jul 1997	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
27 Jul 1996	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Sep 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1993	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 May 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 1991	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
28 May 1991	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1982	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
2 Jul 1982	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1982	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Aug 1979	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jul 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 1979	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 1979	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Jun 1979	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Sep 1975	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 1968	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1965	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 May 1964	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Aug 1961	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Aug 1959	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 1958	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 1958	Hail	1.75 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 Redwood County, Minnesota". https://countyhazards.com/county/mn/redwood/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 Redwood County?: June has 39 of the 153 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 Redwood County compare with the other counties of Minnesota?: The counties of Minnesota have 19.8 hail events for each 100 square miles. Redwood County has 17.4.
How large is the hail on record for Redwood County?: 35 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.