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Menno, 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 Menno city centroid, 1950 to present.

68hail events since 1950
41≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 1967-08-17
2025-07-07most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 0
2023 0
2022 1 2.00" (hen egg)
2021 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2020 0
2019 0
2018 1 0.88" (nickel)
2017 3 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2013 1 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
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 8.4 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 6.7 mi
2025-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 8.4 mi
2025-07-07 Hail 1.75" 0.3 mi
2025-07-07 Thunderstorm Wind 71 mph 8.4 mi
2025-06-27 Thunderstorm Wind 83 mph 6.7 mi
2025-06-16 Hail 1.00" 3.6 mi
2025-06-16 Hail 1.00" 5.2 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 8.4 mi
2024-08-26 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.9 mi

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

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

2025-07-15: “Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor 5 miles south of Freeman. The initial severe gust was at 1842 CST with a peak gust of 61 mph at 1844 CST.”

Disputing a claim at a Menno 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