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Le 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 Le Center city centroid, 1950 to present.

56hail events since 1950
24≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2006-08-24
2024-07-31most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 0
2022 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 1 2.00" (hen egg)
2020 1 0.75" (penny)
2019 1 1.00" (quarter)
2018 0
2017 1 1.00" (quarter)
2016 2 0.75" (penny)
2015 0
2014 0
2013 0
2012 4 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
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.1 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 0.2 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 72 mph 8.3 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 8.3 mi
2024-07-31 Hail 1.00" 7.4 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 1.3 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 8.9 mi
2024-07-13 Hail 1.25" 2.1 mi
2024-07-13 Hail 1.00" 0.2 mi
2022-05-19 Hail 1.00" 0.2 mi

2025-07-28: “Report of a tree down in the town of Cleveland or four miles west of St. Peter.”

2025-07-28: “Report of a tree down in Le Center.”

2025-07-28: “Report of multiple trees down near the high school in Montgomery.”

Disputing a claim at a Le 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