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HailEvidencehail history → Madelia, MN

Madelia, 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 Madelia city centroid, 1950 to present.

46hail events since 1950
33≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.00"largest on record · 2010-06-17
2024-08-05most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 1 0.88" (nickel)
2022 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 0
2020 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2019 1 2.00" (hen egg)
2018 0
2017 0
2016 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 0
2014 4 1.00" (quarter)
2013 0
2012 1 1.25" (half dollar)

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
2024-08-05 Hail 1.50" 1.9 mi
2023-05-08 Hail 0.88" 1.5 mi
2022-05-11 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 0.1 mi
2022-05-11 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.8 mi
2022-04-12 Hail 1.50" 9.8 mi
2021-12-15 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 7 mi
2021-09-17 Thunderstorm Wind 55 mph 7.2 mi
2021-08-28 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.3 mi
2020-06-21 Hail 0.75" 6.2 mi
2020-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.8 mi

2023-05-08: “Nickel size hail just east of Madelia.”

2022-05-11: “Numerous large branches were blown down, a few structures were damaged, including a building under construction that had its roof blown off. Power poles were also blown down near the same area, east of Madelia.”

2022-05-11: “A roof was torn off a farm outbuilding near Hanska.”

Disputing a claim at a Madelia 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