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Humboldt, 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 Humboldt city centroid, 1950 to present.

109hail events since 1950
62≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1997-07-13
2025-08-05most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 2 1.00" (quarter)
2023 2 0.88" (nickel)
2022 0
2021 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 0
2019 0
2018 1 0.88" (nickel)
2017 1 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 0
2014 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 2 1.50" (ping pong 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
2025-08-05 Hail 1.75" 9.2 mi
2025-08-05 Hail 1.00" 7.3 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.3 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 4.2 mi
2025-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.3 mi
2025-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 4.2 mi
2025-07-09 Hail 1.00" 5.7 mi
2025-07-09 Hail 1.00" 7.9 mi
2025-07-09 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 7.9 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.4 mi

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

2025-07-27: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor near Montrose.”

2025-07-15: “Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down a couple of trees.”

Disputing a claim at a Humboldt 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