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Anderson, SD 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 Anderson city centroid, 1950 to present.

316hail events since 1950
184≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 2021-08-05
2025-09-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 8 1.00" (quarter)
2024 1 0.75" (penny)
2023 2 0.75" (penny)
2022 28 2.50" (tennis ball)
2021 18 3.50" (tea cup)
2020 1 0.75" (penny)
2019 10 1.00" (quarter)
2018 12 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 11 1.25" (half dollar)
2016 1 0.88" (nickel)
2015 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 16 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 6 2.50" (tennis ball)
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
2025-09-16 Hail 1.00" 8.8 mi
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 1.4 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 6.7 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.9 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 8 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 6.7 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.8 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 3.6 mi
2025-07-23 Hail 0.75" 8.1 mi
2025-07-23 Hail 0.75" 7.3 mi

2025-07-29: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station.”

2025-07-28: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station.”

2025-07-28: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station.”

Disputing a claim at a Anderson 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