Hail events in Bayfield 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 110 hail events on record for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 29 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 36 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 29 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles ENE of BENOIT

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles E of INO

Jun 20 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WNW of NAMEKAGON

Mar 28 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At WASHBURN

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NE of WASHBURN

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At WASHBURN

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile WNW of WASHBURN

Mar 14 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WASHBURN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SE of ASHLAND JCT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles WSW of WASHBURN

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At WASHBURN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NE of MOQUAH

Mar 3 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of BARNES

Jul 14 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

6 miles WSW of SALMO

Jul 3 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles SSW of DRUMMOND

Jun 28 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles NW of NAMEKAGON

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

6 miles SE of NAMEKAGON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles SSE of NAMEKAGON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles NNW of NAMEKAGON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles NNW of NAMEKAGON

May 9 2022

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

6 miles SE of NAMEKAGON

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

5 miles SE of NAMEKAGON

Aug 10 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles ESE of GRANDVIEW

Jul 26 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NW of NAMEKAGON

Jun 11 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SE of DRUMMOND

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 Bayfield 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	1	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
1980s	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
1990s	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	12
2000s	1	1	2	1	2	0	7	4	0	0	18
2010s	15	12	5	0	4	0	0	4	4	2	46
2020s	3	3	7	2	1	10	2 (part of the year)				28

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
Mar11 events
Apr1 event
May12 events
Jun35 events
Jul32 events
Aug4 events
Sep13 events
Oct2 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Bayfield County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	35
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	53
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	20
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
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: Bayfield County beside the total of the counties of Wisconsin and of the United States
Measure	Bayfield	All counties of Wisconsin	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	110	9,251	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	7.4	17.1	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	67.4	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 Bayfield County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
8 Jul 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2020	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Sep 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2019	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
3 Aug 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 2014	Hail	2.00 in	$10 thousand	County
29 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
28 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Sep 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Sep 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 Sep 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Sep 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Sep 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Sep 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Jul 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jul 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$8 thousand	County
27 Jul 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
27 Jul 2010	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
27 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
10 Jul 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
22 Jun 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
22 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Sep 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Oct 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jul 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Oct 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2003	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 Sep 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Jul 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jul 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jul 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jul 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jul 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Sep 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Sep 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Sep 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Sep 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1979	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Aug 1975	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
21 Jul 1971	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jul 1965	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: Duluth, 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 Bayfield County, Wisconsin". https://countyhazards.com/county/wi/bayfield/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 Bayfield County?: June has 35 of the 110 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 Bayfield County compare with the other counties of Wisconsin?: The counties of Wisconsin have 17.1 hail events for each 100 square miles. Bayfield County has 7.4.
How large is the hail on record for Bayfield County?: 22 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.