Hail events in Barron County, Wisconsin 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 173 hail events on record for Barron County, Wisconsin, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 10 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 26 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 10 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At RICE LAKE

Sep 21 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles NNW of CHETEK

May 7 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles SE of CUMBERLAND

Jul 19 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SSW of RICE LAKE

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

3 miles SW of RICE LAKE. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles SE of RICE LAKE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NW of RICE LAKE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles W of HAUGEN

Jul 14 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At MIKANA

May 18 2022

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At RICE LAKE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NW of RICE LAKE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of RICE LAKE

Jul 28 2021

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of RICE LAKE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of RICE LAKE

Apr 5 2021

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of CUMBERLAND

Jul 18 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of RICE LAKE

May 31 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of MIKANA

Aug 3 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of HAUGEN

Jun 11 2017

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At BARRON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NE of DALLAS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of PRAIRIE FARM

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SSE of TURTLE LAKE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of HILLSDALE

May 16 2017

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile S of (RDP)RICE LAKE REGIONAL AIRPORT

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

5 miles S of TURTLE LAKE. Damage estimate: $500 thousand

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 Barron 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	5	0	0	0	0	6
1970s	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
1980s	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1990s	2	1	0	0	5	4	1	4	1	6	24
2000s	8	6	6	0	11	21	1	6	9	2	70
2010s	7	2	8	12	10	0	2	7	1	1	50
2020s	1	3	3	6	2	0	1 (part of the year)				16

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
Mar1 event
Apr8 events
May23 events
Jun45 events
Jul45 events
Aug33 events
Sep16 events
Oct2 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Barron County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	67
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	60
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	36
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	10
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: Barron County beside the total of the counties of Wisconsin and of the United States
Measure	Barron	All counties of Wisconsin	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	173	9,251	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	20.0	17.1	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	37.0	15.7	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 Barron County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
16 Aug 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jul 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
18 Aug 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 Jul 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jul 2014	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2014	Hail	2.25 in	none	County
21 Aug 2013	Hail	1.25 in	$10 thousand	County
21 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Aug 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Aug 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Aug 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
6 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Sep 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Sep 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Sep 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Sep 2012	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
4 Sep 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2010	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
20 Jul 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
14 Jul 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jul 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
14 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jul 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Sep 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Sep 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Sep 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Sep 2005	Hail	3.00 in	$30 million	County
21 Sep 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Oct 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Oct 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jun 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Aug 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2001	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Aug 2000	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
14 Aug 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Aug 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Aug 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Aug 2000	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
8 Aug 2000	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Sep 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Sep 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 1996	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1994	Hail	2.00 in	$50 thousand	County
28 May 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Sep 1990	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
11 Sep 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 1981	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Jun 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Sep 1973	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 1971	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1971	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jul 1965	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 1965	Hail	3.50 in	none	County
16 Jul 1965	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jul 1965	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
31 May 1965	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 1964	Hail	0.75 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 Barron County, Wisconsin". https://countyhazards.com/county/wi/barron/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 Barron County?: June has 45 of the 173 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Wisconsin?: NCEI has 9,265 hail events on record for Wisconsin from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Barron County compare with the other counties of Wisconsin?: The counties of Wisconsin have 17.1 hail events for each 100 square miles. Barron County has 20.0.
How large is the hail on record for Barron County?: 46 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.