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Columbia Heights, MN hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Columbia Heights city centroid, 1950 to present.

469hail events since 1950
304≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 1963-08-11
2025-08-15most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 27 3.00" (tea cup)
2022 25 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 19 3.00" (tea cup)
2018 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 10 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 10 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 21 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 5 1.00" (quarter)
2013 16 1.25" (half dollar)
2012 35 1.75" (golf ball)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-08-15 Hail 1.25" 8.2 mi
2025-08-15 Hail 0.75" 7.7 mi
2025-08-15 Hail 1.00" 9.5 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 7.3 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.8 mi
2025-07-27 Hail 1.75" 6.7 mi
2025-07-27 Hail 1.00" 10 mi
2025-07-27 Hail 1.00" 6.8 mi
2025-07-27 Hail 1.25" 9.5 mi

2025-07-28: “Large tree down approximately 18 inches in diameter, near 85th Ave and Spring Lake Road in Mounds View.”

2025-07-28: “Large tree branch down in Circle Pines, also other reports of trees down in Circle Pines and Lexington.”

2025-07-27: “Multiple trees down taking down power lines.”

Storm-day records for Columbia Heights — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in Columbia Heights has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-07-25