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Sauk Rapids, 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 Sauk Rapids city centroid, 1950 to present.

177hail events since 1950
112≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 2007-06-20
2025-07-18most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2024 3 1.00" (quarter)
2023 2 1.00" (quarter)
2022 20 2.00" (hen egg)
2021 5 2.50" (tennis ball)
2020 5 1.25" (half dollar)
2019 8 2.50" (tennis ball)
2018 0
2017 3 1.00" (quarter)
2016 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 0
2014 1 0.75" (penny)
2013 1 0.88" (nickel)
2012 15 2.50" (tennis ball)

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
2025-07-18 Hail 2.00" 8.9 mi
2025-07-18 Hail 1.00" 7.9 mi
2025-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.7 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.3 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.2 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 4.3 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 2.9 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 3.3 mi
2024-08-26 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.4 mi
2024-07-13 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.8 mi

2025-07-18: “Most hailstones were between quarter and half dollar with several being golf ball to lime sized.”

2025-07-15: “Snapped trees deposited debris on County Rd 16 off Hwy 10.”

2025-06-16: “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed a large pine tree down in southern Waite Park.”

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

Each recorded hail day in Sauk Rapids 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