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Marion, 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 Marion city centroid, 1950 to present.

121hail events since 1950
71≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
5.00"largest on record · 1970-07-14
2025-07-02most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 2 1.00" (quarter)
2023 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2020 0
2019 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 3 1.75" (golf 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 9.8 mi
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 7.7 mi
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 2.2 mi
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.2 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 9.8 mi
2025-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.9 mi
2025-07-02 Hail 1.25" 9.9 mi
2025-07-02 Hail 1.75" 9.8 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.8 mi
2024-08-26 Hail 1.00" 9 mi

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

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

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

Disputing a claim at a Marion 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