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Golden Valley, MN 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 Golden Valley city centroid, 1950 to present.

404hail events since 1950
255≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 1963-08-11
2026-04-17most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 4 0.75" (penny)
2025 10 2.00" (hen egg)
2024 6 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 25 3.00" (tea cup)
2022 15 1.25" (half dollar)
2021 0
2020 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 9 3.00" (tea cup)
2018 6 1.00" (quarter)
2017 1 1.00" (quarter)
2016 7 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 21 2.00" (hen egg)
2014 4 1.00" (quarter)
2013 22 2.00" (hen egg)
2012 24 1.00" (quarter)

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
2026-04-17 Hail 0.75" 4.6 mi
2026-04-17 Hail 0.75" 6 mi
2026-04-17 Hail 0.75" 7.3 mi
2026-04-17 Hail 0.75" 7.1 mi
2025-09-21 Hail 1.75" 8.9 mi
2025-09-21 Hail 1.50" 7.3 mi
2025-09-21 Hail 2.00" 7.3 mi
2025-09-21 Hail 1.25" 6.6 mi
2025-09-21 Hail 1.00" 7.2 mi
2025-09-21 Hail 2.00" 8.6 mi

2025-09-21: “Report received from mPING.”

2025-09-21: “Report received from mPING.”

2025-09-21: “Report received from mPing.”

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Each recorded hail day in Golden Valley 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 2026-08-09