Hail events in Lake County, South 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 150 hail events on record for Lake County, South Dakota, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 26 Apr 2024.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 34 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 26 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles SW of RAMONA

Aug 10 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles N of MADISON MUNI ARPT

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles E of RAMONA

Jul 13 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles ESE of NUNDA

Oct 23 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NE of MADISON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of MADISON MUNI ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of MADISON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of MADISON MUNI ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of MADISON MUNI ARPT

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NW of ORLAND

Jun 20 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile S of NUNDA

May 30 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NNW of JUNIUS. Damage estimate: $22 thousand

May 11 2022

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles WSW of SMITHS PARK

Apr 28 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ESE of RUTLAND

Aug 5 2021

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles ESE of WENTWORTH

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles ESE of WENTWORTH. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles SSE of MADISON MUNI ARPT

Jul 6 2020

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At WINFRED

Aug 15 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of SMITHS PARK

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NE of MADISON

Jul 28 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of MADISON

Jul 3 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles SSE of WINFRED

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles S of WINFRED

Jun 27 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of MADISON

Sep 23 2017

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles W of RUTLAND

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 Lake 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	1	2
1960s	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	6
1980s	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990s	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	9
2000s	7	10	10	3	11	13	7	6	2	7	76
2010s	1	6	7	5	1	1	6	4	0	6	37
2020s	1	3	10	3	1	0	0 (part of the year)				18

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
Apr9 events
May21 events
Jun38 events
Jul32 events
Aug30 events
Sep13 events
Oct6 events
Nov1 event
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Lake County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	58
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	73
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	14
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	4
4 in and larger	softball and larger	1

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: Lake County beside the total of the counties of South Dakota and of the United States
Measure	Lake	All counties of South Dakota	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	150	16,984	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	26.6	22.4	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	138.2	189.7	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 Lake County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
23 Sep 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Sep 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Sep 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Aug 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Sep 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jul 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Sep 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Sep 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Sep 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Sep 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Sep 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Nov 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2005	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
16 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Apr 2005	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
20 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 2002	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Aug 2002	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2002	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
24 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
29 Aug 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Aug 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Aug 2001	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
29 Aug 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2000	Hail	4.00 in	$1.5 million	County
11 Jul 2000	Hail	2.75 in	$10 thousand	County
17 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1999	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 Jun 1999	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1999	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
25 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Sep 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 1990	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Jun 1990	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
15 Jul 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Aug 1979	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 1979	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 May 1979	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Aug 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1970	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
7 Aug 1961	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
11 Aug 1959	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Aug 1958	Hail	1.50 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: Sioux Falls, SD (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 Lake County, South Dakota". https://countyhazards.com/county/sd/lake/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 Lake County?: June has 38 of the 150 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for South Dakota?: NCEI has 17,011 hail events on record for South Dakota from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Lake County compare with the other counties of South Dakota?: The counties of South Dakota have 22.4 hail events for each 100 square miles. Lake County has 26.6.
How large is the hail on record for Lake County?: 19 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.