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Marion, 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 Marion city centroid, 1950 to present.

195hail events since 1950
113≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1963-08-16
2025-08-27most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 4 1.00" (quarter)
2024 1 0.75" (penny)
2023 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 11 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 2 1.00" (quarter)
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 3 0.75" (penny)
2018 1 0.88" (nickel)
2017 15 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 3 1.00" (quarter)
2013 12 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 1 0.75" (penny)

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
2025-08-27 Hail 1.00" 9.6 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 76 mph 7.9 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 7.5 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.2 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.2 mi
2025-07-02 Hail 0.75" 9.4 mi
2025-05-15 Hail 1.00" 7.9 mi
2025-04-28 Hail 1.00" 2 mi
2024-07-13 Thunderstorm Wind 74 mph 7.1 mi
2024-07-13 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 7.9 mi

2025-08-27: “Broadcaster media reported quarter sized hail 5 miles north-northwest of Stewartville.”

2025-07-28: “The ASOS station KRST at Rochester International Airport reported a 76 mph wind gust.”

2025-07-28: “The public reported a broken 10 inch diameter tree limb from a healthy tree about 3 miles south-southwest of Rochester.”

Storm-day records for Marion — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in Marion has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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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 2026-07-25