Hail events in Golden Valley County, North Dakota 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 118 hail events on record for Golden Valley County, North Dakota, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 7 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 23 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

Jun 7 2026

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

11 miles SE of SENTINEL BUTTE

Jul 20 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

7 miles ENE of GOLVA. Damage estimate: $75 thousand

Jun 27 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SE of TROTTERS

Jun 22 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of GOLVA

May 29 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile SSW of BEACH MUNI ARPT. Damage estimate: $800 thousand

Jul 29 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles NE of SENTINEL BUTTE

Jun 19 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of GOLVA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SE of GOLVA

May 25 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles NE of SENTINEL BUTTE

Aug 26 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At BEACH

Jun 8 2021

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

5 miles W of TROTTERS

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

5 miles W of TROTTERS

Jul 10 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NW of GOLVA

Jun 14 2020

Hail2.25 in, hen egg size

5 miles E of SENTINEL BUTTE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At SENTINEL BUTTE

May 3 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BEACH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of BEACH MUNI ARPT

Sep 17 2019

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles NW of BEACH MUNI ARPT

Jul 2 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

13 miles SSE of GOLVA

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

10 miles SE of GOLVA

Aug 23 2018

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At BEACH

Jul 6 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

12 miles N of BEACH MUNI ARPT

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

11 miles N of SENTINEL BUTTE

Jun 13 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of BEACH MUNI ARPT

Sep 5 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

10 miles N of SENTINEL BUTTE

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 Golden Valley 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	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
1980s	0	0	2	7	3	0	1	1	2	3	19
1990s	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	4	11
2000s	7	9	4	4	6	6	8	0	3	2	49
2010s	4	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	3	18
2020s	5	2	1	4	3	1	1 (part of the year)				17

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
Mar0 events
Apr0 events
May7 events
Jun35 events
Jul49 events
Aug21 events
Sep6 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Golden Valley County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	26
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	48
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	35
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	7
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: Golden Valley County beside the total of the counties of North Dakota and of the United States
Measure	Golden Valley	All counties of North Dakota	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	118	10,013	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	11.8	14.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	666.7	129.2	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 Golden Valley County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
16 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jul 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Jul 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Sep 2010	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
9 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Jun 2009	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
10 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Aug 2008	Hail	2.25 in	$75 thousand	County
20 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Aug 2006	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
23 Aug 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jul 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jul 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 2004	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
14 Jul 2004	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
14 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jul 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jul 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 2004	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2002	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2002	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
8 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 2001	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jul 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2000	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2000	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
4 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Aug 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	County
15 Aug 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Aug 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Sep 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 1996	Hail	3.00 in	$262 thousand	County
22 Aug 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	County
26 Jul 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Aug 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Aug 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 1989	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
11 Aug 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Aug 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Jul 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Aug 1983	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
31 Aug 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 1983	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1983	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
29 Aug 1982	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
22 Aug 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 1979	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 Aug 1975	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
6 Jul 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 1973	Hail	1.00 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: Bismarck, ND (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 Golden Valley County, North Dakota". https://countyhazards.com/county/nd/golden-valley/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 Golden Valley County?: July has 49 of the 118 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for North Dakota?: NCEI has 10,026 hail events on record for North Dakota from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Golden Valley County compare with the other counties of North Dakota?: The counties of North Dakota have 14.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Golden Valley County has 11.8.
How large is the hail on record for Golden Valley County?: 44 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.