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Davis, 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 Davis city centroid, 1950 to present.

95hail events since 1950
59≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
5.00"largest on record · 1970-07-14
2023-07-22most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 5 1.00" (quarter)
2022 3 1.00" (quarter)
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 1 0.75" (penny)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 5 1.00" (quarter)
2016 1 1.00" (quarter)
2015 1 1.00" (quarter)
2014 0
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 2 1.00" (quarter)

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 9.1 mi
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 8.8 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 8.4 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 9.2 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 7.5 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 6.3 mi
2025-07-28 Tornado EF0 7.7 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 2.4 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 8.8 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.8 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.”

2025-07-29: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor near Parker.”

2025-07-28: “Significant damage was done to a milking parlor roof and eastward facing exterior wall. Wind gusts also caused additional roof damage to nearby outbuildings.”

Disputing a claim at a Davis 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