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Forada, 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 Forada city centroid, 1950 to present.

81hail events since 1950
52≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1962-06-17
2025-06-28most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.00" (quarter)
2024 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 4 2.00" (hen egg)
2021 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 2 1.00" (quarter)
2018 2 1.00" (quarter)
2017 1 0.75" (penny)
2016 1 1.00" (quarter)
2015 0
2014 1 1.00" (quarter)
2013 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 1 1.00" (quarter)

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
2025-07-22 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 5.8 mi
2025-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 6 mi
2025-06-28 Hail 1.00" 6.5 mi
2025-06-28 Hail 1.00" 9.2 mi
2025-06-20 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5.8 mi
2025-06-20 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.1 mi
2025-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.7 mi
2025-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.6 mi
2025-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 3.1 mi
2025-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 3.3 mi

2025-07-22: “This was a very isolated wind gust with no reported damage associated with it. The storm collapsed and dumped what was left of its core over KAXN where the 69 mph gust was measured.”

2025-07-15: “ASOS station KAXN recorded a 59 mph wind gust as a thunderstorm passed through Alexandria MN.”

2025-06-20: “Thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph measured at Chandler Field.”

Disputing a claim at a Forada 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