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

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NCEI has 160 hail events on record for Wabasha County, Minnesota, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 13 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 50 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 13 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of WABASHA

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At WABASHA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of WABASHA

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At LAKE CITY. Damage estimate: $820 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LAKE CITY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SE of LAKE CITY

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles SE of LAKE CITY

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

7 miles N of OAK CENTER. Damage estimate: $40 thousand

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

4 miles NNW of OAK CENTER. Damage estimate: $108 thousand

Apr 28 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of MAZEPPA

Mar 28 2025

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At PLAINVIEW

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of ELGIN

Jul 31 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At PLAINVIEW. Damage estimate: $223 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ELGIN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles E of BEAR VLY. Damage estimate: $56 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NW of ZUMBRO FALLS. Damage estimate: $52 thousand

Jul 13 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles N of PLAINVIEW

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles NNE of PLAINVIEW

May 6 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SE of HAMMOND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of READS LNDG

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles ENE of OAK CENTER

May 11 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At LAKE CITY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of KELLOGG

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

4 miles NNE of PLAINVIEW. Damage estimate: $125 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SSE of JARRETTS

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 Wabasha 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970s	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	9
1980s	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
1990s	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	9	2	19
2000s	8	9	9	3	3	4	3	4	5	2	50
2010s	1	0	14	5	0	0	3	8	0	4	35
2020s	1	10	12	5	4	3	9 (part of the year)				44

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
Mar8 events
Apr20 events
May55 events
Jun35 events
Jul24 events
Aug13 events
Sep5 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Wabasha County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	68
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	66
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	26
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	0
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: Wabasha County beside the total of the counties of Minnesota and of the United States
Measure	Wabasha	All counties of Minnesota	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	160	15,739	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	30.6	19.8	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	74.4	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 Wabasha County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
11 May 2022	Hail	2.50 in	$55 thousand	County
11 May 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2022	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 Apr 2022	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Apr 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 2022	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	2.00 in	$85 thousand	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	2.00 in	$120 thousand	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	2.50 in	$205 thousand	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2021	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2021	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 2021	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 May 2021	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Sep 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Aug 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 Aug 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Aug 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jul 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 May 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Aug 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
2 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.50 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	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$4 thousand	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	2.25 in	$80 thousand	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Sep 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Sep 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Sep 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
19 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
31 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	County
24 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
8 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	$1 thousand	County
18 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2001	Hail	1.25 in	$4 thousand	County
17 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$750	County
17 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	$400	County
11 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$800	County
11 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
1 Sep 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
26 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$4 thousand	County
1 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$13 thousand	County
1 Aug 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$35 thousand	County
7 Jul 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$190 thousand	County
7 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
17 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
8 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$4 thousand	County
8 Jul 1999	Hail	2.00 in	$8 thousand	County
24 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
24 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$15 thousand	County
28 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
28 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$21 thousand	County
29 Mar 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
29 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 1998	Hail	0.88 in	$15 thousand	County
17 Jul 1997	Hail	1.25 in	$10 thousand	County
17 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1997	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 Jun 1997	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Aug 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1977	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1974	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 1974	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
29 Jul 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Aug 1972	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Aug 1972	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: La Crosse, WI (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 Wabasha County, Minnesota". https://countyhazards.com/county/mn/wabasha/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 Wabasha County?: May has 55 of the 160 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 Wabasha County compare with the other counties of Minnesota?: The counties of Minnesota have 19.8 hail events for each 100 square miles. Wabasha County has 30.6.
How large is the hail on record for Wabasha County?: 26 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.