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Utica, 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 Utica city centroid, 1950 to present.

199hail events since 1950
115≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 1985-04-20
2026-05-24most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2025 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 0
2023 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 6 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 6 2.75" (baseball)
2016 4 2.00" (hen egg)
2015 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 6 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
2026-05-24 Hail 1.00" 3.4 mi
2026-05-24 Hail 1.50" 6.8 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.3 mi
2025-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 7 mi
2025-07-07 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.3 mi
2025-07-07 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 7.7 mi
2025-07-07 Hail 1.75" 7.2 mi
2025-06-29 Hail 1.00" 5.7 mi
2025-06-27 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.9 mi
2025-06-27 Hail 0.75" 8.3 mi

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

2025-07-15: “Measured by a personal weather station. The first severe gust of 61 mph occurred at 1836 CST, followed by 66 mph gust at 1841 CST.”

2025-07-07: “Several large tree limbs were reported down in Yankton.”

Storm-day records for Utica — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in Utica has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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Nearby hail history

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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 2026-09-10