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Winona, 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 Winona city centroid, 1950 to present.

136hail events since 1950
80≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2017-07-06
2025-05-15most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 4 1.00" (quarter)
2024 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2023 10 2.50" (tennis ball)
2022 8 1.00" (quarter)
2021 13 2.75" (baseball)
2020 7 2.00" (hen egg)
2019 0
2018 3 1.00" (quarter)
2017 10 2.75" (baseball)
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 4 1.00" (quarter)
2013 4 1.00" (quarter)
2012 4 1.75" (golf 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
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.1 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 2.5 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 5 mi
2025-05-15 Hail 1.00" 2.5 mi
2025-05-15 Hail 1.00" 0.4 mi
2025-05-15 Hail 1.00" 2.4 mi
2025-04-28 Hail 0.75" 8.5 mi
2024-08-05 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 0.4 mi
2024-07-13 Hail 1.00" 6 mi
2024-07-13 Hail 1.75" 9.7 mi

2025-07-28: “A National Weather Service Employee reported numerous trees down in Perrot State Park.”

2025-07-28: “Emergency management reported several trees down in Goodview.”

2025-07-28: “Local broadcast media reported trees and power lines down in the Buffalo City and Fountain City areas.”

Disputing a claim at a Winona 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