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Dennison, 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 Dennison city centroid, 1950 to present.

92hail events since 1950
67≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 2024-07-13
2024-09-19most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 5 3.50" (tea cup)
2023 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 14 3.00" (tea cup)
2020 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 1 2.50" (tennis ball)
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 0
2014 0
2013 0
2012 8 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
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.7 mi
2025-04-28 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 9.9 mi
2024-09-19 Hail 1.25" 9.8 mi
2024-09-19 Hail 1.00" 7.5 mi
2024-07-31 Hail 0.75" 9.3 mi
2024-07-13 Hail 3.50" 9.5 mi
2024-07-13 Hail 1.75" 6.8 mi
2024-06-05 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 4.3 mi
2024-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.1 mi
2023-08-11 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.8 mi

2025-07-28: “Trees down across Goodhue County, including the town of Cannon Falls. A MNDOT RWIS station located seven miles SSE of Cannon Falls measured a 58-mph wind gust.”

2025-04-28: “Photos of roof damage to large commercial warehouse in Kenyon.”

2024-09-19: “There were several reports of quarter to half dollar sized hail in Kenyon.”

Disputing a claim at a Dennison address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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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 2026-06-12