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Brandon, 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 Brandon city centroid, 1950 to present.

276hail events since 1950
149≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 2021-08-05
2025-07-23most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 3 0.75" (penny)
2024 0
2023 3 1.00" (quarter)
2022 14 2.50" (tennis ball)
2021 7 3.50" (tea cup)
2020 1 0.75" (penny)
2019 8 1.00" (quarter)
2018 12 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 6 1.00" (quarter)
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 3 0.88" (nickel)
2014 12 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 4 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
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 6.4 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 8.4 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8 mi
2025-07-23 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 7.5 mi
2025-07-23 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 7.2 mi
2025-07-23 Hail 0.75" 3.8 mi
2025-07-23 Hail 0.75" 3.8 mi
2025-06-21 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 8.4 mi
2025-06-11 Hail 0.75" 0.5 mi
2024-05-06 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.7 mi

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

2025-07-28: “A 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at Sioux Falls Regional Airport (KFSD).”

2025-07-27: “A NWS employee measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.”

Disputing a claim at a Brandon 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