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Dodge Center, 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 Dodge Center city centroid, 1950 to present.

100hail events since 1950
59≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 2012-07-18
2025-04-28most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2024 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 1 0.88" (nickel)
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 13 2.75" (baseball)
2018 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2017 5 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 0
2012 2 3.00" (tea cup)

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 74 mph 7.1 mi
2025-07-02 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 5.1 mi
2025-04-28 Hail 1.00" 5.1 mi
2025-03-28 Hail 1.00" 4.1 mi
2025-03-28 Hail 1.25" 8.4 mi
2024-08-05 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 0.6 mi
2024-08-05 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 5.4 mi
2024-07-13 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 0.4 mi
2024-07-13 Hail 0.75" 5.6 mi
2024-06-17 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 1.7 mi

2025-07-28: “The mesonet station 2 miles east of Kasson observed a 74 mph wind gust.”

2025-07-02: “Dodge County emergency management reported numerous large tree branches snapped and large trees uprooted in Kasson. Some minor structure damage to homes along with downed power lines was also reported from resulting tree damage.”

2025-04-28: “A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Kasson.”

Disputing a claim at a Dodge Center 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