Hail events in Towner 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 156 hail events on record for Towner County, North Dakota, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 2 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 35 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 2 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles NNW of HANSBORO

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NNW of ROCKLAKE

Sep 11 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles SW of BISBEE

Aug 7 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles W of HANSBORO

Jun 27 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of CANDO

Aug 18 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles ENE of CROCUS

Aug 17 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

10 miles ENE of ROCKLAKE

Aug 9 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of ZION

Jul 17 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles ESE of CONSIDINE

Jul 13 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles N of NEWVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At NEWVILLE

Sep 20 2019

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles NNE of BISBEE LYSTER ARPT

Jul 8 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

11 miles ENE of ROCKLAKE

Sep 6 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of ZION

Jul 14 2018

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

13 miles NE of ROCKLAKE

Jun 14 2018

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles NE of ZION

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles SSW of CONSIDINE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles N of EGELAND

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SSE of CROCUS

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At BISBEE LYSTER ARPT

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At BISBEE LYSTER ARPT

Jul 29 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NE of ZION

Jul 19 2017

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At ELLSBERRY

Jun 2 2017

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile N of CANDO

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles WSW of CANDO MUNI ARPT

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 Towner 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	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
1970s	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4
1980s	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	8
1990s	1	1	0	0	2	0	8	4	3	2	21
2000s	5	3	14	3	9	6	12	9	3	5	69
2010s	4	2	2	2	3	2	8	8	8	2	41
2020s	3	1	2	1	0	2	2 (part of the year)				11

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
Apr3 events
May19 events
Jun51 events
Jul31 events
Aug47 events
Sep4 events
Oct1 event
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Towner County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	45
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	78
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	26
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: Towner County beside the total of the counties of North Dakota and of the United States
Measure	Towner	All counties of North Dakota	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	156	10,013	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	15.2	14.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	729.0	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 Towner County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
2 Jun 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
2 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
2 Jun 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Aug 2016	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
3 Aug 2016	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Aug 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Aug 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
4 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Sep 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Aug 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
19 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	$165 thousand	County
7 Jul 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$110 thousand	County
23 Jun 2008	Hail	1.50 in	$650 thousand	County
13 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2006	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 May 2006	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
27 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jul 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jul 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Jun 2005	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
7 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2004	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
19 May 2004	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
19 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 2004	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
19 May 2004	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
15 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Aug 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Aug 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Aug 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Aug 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Aug 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Aug 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jun 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Aug 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Aug 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Oct 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	$20 thousand	County
18 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Aug 1994	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 1994	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
12 May 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Aug 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1986	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 1981	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
6 Jul 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Aug 1979	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Aug 1979	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Aug 1970	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Aug 1966	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 1964	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: Grand Forks, 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 Towner County, North Dakota". https://countyhazards.com/county/nd/towner/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 Towner County?: June has 51 of the 156 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 Towner County compare with the other counties of North Dakota?: The counties of North Dakota have 14.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Towner County has 15.2.
How large is the hail on record for Towner County?: 33 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.