Hail events in Sauk 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 147 hail events on record for Sauk County, Wisconsin, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 27 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 27 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 27 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles N of MERRIMAC

Apr 17 2026

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At PRAIRIE DU SAC ARPT

May 15 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles N of LAKE DELTON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

7 miles ENE of BARABOO BELL ARPT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

5 miles ENE of BARABOO BELL ARPT

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of BLACK HAWK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of SPRING GREEN

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles S of LONE ROCK AIRPORT

Apr 18 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SE of PRAIRIE DU SAC ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of PRAIRIE DU SAC ARPT

Jun 24 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At LIMERIDGE

Jul 14 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of WEST BARABOO

Apr 19 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NNE of BARABOO

Apr 4 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ROCK SPGS

Mar 5 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of PRAIRIE DU SAC

Jul 14 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of BARABOO

Apr 13 2018

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles N of MERRIMAC

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of DEVILS LAKE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of BARABOO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of BARABOO

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SE of NORTH FREEDOM

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles E of REEDSBURG MUNI ARPT

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At ROCK SPGS

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles ENE of LORETTA

Jul 15 2017

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile W of BARABOO

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 Sauk 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	1	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	5
1980s	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	1	0	1	11
1990s	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	3	1	2	13
2000s	5	2	10	2	13	5	22	2	7	0	68
2010s	1	6	2	1	7	3	3	2	8	0	33
2020s	0	1	1	3	1	8	2 (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
Feb1 event
Mar6 events
Apr30 events
May24 events
Jun28 events
Jul21 events
Aug29 events
Sep7 events
Oct1 event
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Sauk County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	54
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	58
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	33
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
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: Sauk County beside the total of the counties of Wisconsin and of the United States
Measure	Sauk	All counties of Wisconsin	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	147	9,251	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	17.7	17.1	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	22.4	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 Sauk County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Sep 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 May 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
1 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Jun 2011	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
6 Jun 2011	Hail	4.25 in	none	County
6 Jun 2011	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Mar 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Oct 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$900 thousand	County
25 Aug 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Aug 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jul 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
23 Jul 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Aug 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2004	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Aug 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jul 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
16 Jul 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
16 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	$5 thousand	County
17 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Mar 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Aug 2002	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
17 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Sep 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Sep 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Mar 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Feb 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$47 thousand	County
3 Aug 1997	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	County
3 Aug 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$9 thousand	County
3 Aug 1997	Hail	2.50 in	$290 thousand	County
18 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Sep 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Sep 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
25 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$50 thousand	County
21 Jun 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Sep 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Sep 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Aug 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 1975	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 1966	Hail	2.00 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: Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI (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 Sauk County, Wisconsin". https://countyhazards.com/county/wi/sauk/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 Sauk County?: April has 30 of the 147 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 Sauk County compare with the other counties of Wisconsin?: The counties of Wisconsin have 17.1 hail events for each 100 square miles. Sauk County has 17.7.
How large is the hail on record for Sauk County?: 35 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.