Hail events in Waseca 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 114 hail events on record for Waseca County, Minnesota, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 21 Sep 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 13 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

Sep 21 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of OTISCO

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile W of OTISCO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of OTISCO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSW of ALMA CITY

Jul 13 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of JANESVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNE of OTISCO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles N of WALDORF

Aug 10 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At NEW RICHLAND

Jun 2 2020

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile N of WALDORF

Aug 13 2019

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At WASECA

Aug 31 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SSE of NEW RICHLAND

May 15 2017

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of JANESVILLE

Aug 10 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of JANESVILLE

Jun 22 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of NEW RICHLAND

May 25 2015

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of JANESVILLE

Sep 20 2014

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WASECA

Jun 16 2014

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At WASECA

May 8 2014

Hail0.75 in, penny size

8 miles N of WASECA

May 7 2014

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles WNW of WASECA MUNI ARPT

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles SSE of JANESVILLE

May 3 2012

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of WASECA

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At WASECA

May 2 2012

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles NNE of JANESVILLE

May 22 2011

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles S of WASECA

Sep 15 2010

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles NE of WALDORF

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 Waseca 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	1	0	1
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1970s	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	1	10
1980s	2	7	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	1	17
1990s	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	1	11
2000s	0	7	6	0	3	4	7	9	6	3	45
2010s	4	1	3	0	5	2	1	1	1	1	19
2020s	2	0	0	3	0	4	0 (part of the year)				9

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
Mar4 events
Apr8 events
May24 events
Jun35 events
Jul17 events
Aug14 events
Sep11 events
Oct1 event
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Waseca County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	41
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	50
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	23
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: Waseca County beside the total of the counties of Minnesota and of the United States
Measure	Waseca	All counties of Minnesota	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	114	15,739	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	26.9	19.8	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	60.0	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 Waseca County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
25 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Mar 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Mar 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Oct 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Sep 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
29 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jul 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2001	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
1 May 2001	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Sep 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 1994	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
4 Aug 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Sep 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Sep 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 1982	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 Jul 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 1981	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Sep 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 1979	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 Aug 1978	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 1978	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Apr 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 1977	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1977	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
25 Jun 1976	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1974	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Jun 1970	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
23 Jul 1968	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 May 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 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 Waseca County, Minnesota". https://countyhazards.com/county/mn/waseca/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 Waseca County?: June has 35 of the 114 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 Waseca County compare with the other counties of Minnesota?: The counties of Minnesota have 19.8 hail events for each 100 square miles. Waseca County has 26.9.
How large is the hail on record for Waseca County?: 23 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.