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Fortuna, ND 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 Fortuna city centroid, 1950 to present.

17hail events since 1950
9≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
1.75"largest on record · 1978-06-23
2025-06-15most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 1 1.00" (quarter)
2014 0
2013 1 0.75" (penny)
2012 0

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
2025-06-15 Hail 0.88" 3.9 mi
2025-06-15 Hail 1.25" 7.3 mi
2022-07-17 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.2 mi
2019-07-08 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.9 mi
2018-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 0 mi
2016-08-10 Hail 0.75" 6.1 mi
2016-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 8.2 mi
2016-06-09 Hail 1.25" 2.2 mi
2015-06-21 Hail 1.00" 9.9 mi
2013-09-17 Hail 0.75" 7 mi

2022-07-17: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.”

2019-07-08: “The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.”

2018-07-10: “The top of the local grain elevator main annex where the leg was located was blown off, damaging additional parts of the elevator.”

Disputing a claim at a Fortuna 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