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Montrose, 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 Montrose city centroid, 1950 to present.

98hail events since 1950
60≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.50"largest on record · 1999-06-05
2025-07-09most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 4 1.00" (quarter)
2023 4 0.88" (nickel)
2022 0
2021 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2020 0
2019 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 0
2012 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)

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
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.7 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 2.7 mi
2025-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 2.7 mi
2025-07-09 Hail 1.00" 6.9 mi
2024-07-31 Hail 1.00" 9 mi
2024-07-30 Hail 0.88" 6.9 mi
2024-06-12 Hail 1.00" 4.7 mi
2024-06-12 Hail 1.00" 4.7 mi
2023-07-12 Thunderstorm Wind 72 mph 2.7 mi
2023-07-12 Hail 0.75" 9.4 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 were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor near Montrose.”

Disputing a claim at a Montrose 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