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Cameron Colony, 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 Cameron Colony city centroid, 1950 to present.

76hail events since 1950
50≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.25"largest on record · 2008-05-01
2023-07-22most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 4 1.00" (quarter)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 0
2018 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2017 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 0
2015 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 0
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
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 69 mph 5.5 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 9.1 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 9.6 mi
2024-08-26 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.5 mi
2023-07-22 Hail 1.00" 7.6 mi
2023-07-22 Hail 0.88" 8.2 mi
2023-07-12 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.5 mi
2023-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 8.3 mi
2023-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 76 mph 8 mi
2023-07-10 Hail 1.00" 9.3 mi

2025-07-29: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by South Dakota Mesonet station Hurley. The first severe gust occurred at 1906 CST with a peak of 69 mph at 1916 CST.”

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

2025-07-28: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by South Dakota Mesonet station MNMS2 Menno 7ESE.”

Disputing a claim at a Cameron Colony 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