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Minneapolis–St. Paul hail season 2025
43 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 35 miles, across 6 storm days, max 3.25". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2025 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2025, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 21, 2025 | 16 | 2.00" | DAKOTA, WASHINGTON, HENNEPIN, RAMSEY |
| August 15, 2025 | 11 | 1.25" | DAKOTA, CARVER, WASHINGTON, ANOKA |
| July 27, 2025 | 6 | 1.75" | DAKOTA, RAMSEY, HENNEPIN |
| June 16, 2025 | 6 | 3.25" | SCOTT, CARVER |
| July 3, 2025 | 3 | 1.00" | CHISAGO |
“Report of half-inch to Ping Pong Ball sized hail for two minutes.”
— NWS event narrative, September 21, 2025 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Jun 7 · Jul 9 · Aug 11 · Sep 16
Wind context: the record also holds 51 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2025 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Minneapolis–St. Paul claim from 2025?
These are aggregates. A claim file needs the per-address record: every recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles of the property, distances, official narratives, and citations an adjuster can check line by line. That's the report — generated in seconds, hosted on HailEvidence (the neutral evidence surface), formatted as an insurance-appeal attachment.
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Provenance
Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 35 miles of the Minneapolis–St. Paul anchor. 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. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.