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Zumbrota, 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 Zumbrota city centroid, 1950 to present.

68hail events since 1950
36≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.50"largest on record · 2002-05-08
2025-04-28most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2024 1 1.00" (quarter)
2023 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 8 2.00" (hen egg)
2021 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 0
2019 1 0.88" (nickel)
2018 0
2017 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 0
2014 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 0
2012 7 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 58 mph 0.4 mi
2025-04-28 Hail 1.00" 6.3 mi
2025-03-28 Hail 1.25" 0.4 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.8 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.6 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.7 mi
2024-05-20 Hail 1.00" 0.4 mi
2023-07-22 Hail 1.25" 10 mi
2023-07-22 Hail 1.75" 6 mi
2022-07-23 Hail 1.00" 7.6 mi

2025-07-28: “Large tree branch down in Zumbrota MN.”

2025-04-28: “The public reported quarter sized hail in Mazeppa.”

2025-03-28: “Multiple reports of large hail, up to 1.25 inches in diameter. Sources include a trained weather spotter in Zumbrota and a Broadcast Meteorologist.”

Disputing a claim at a Zumbrota 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