Minnesota hail map — July 31, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 17 Minnesota cities on July 31, 2024. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over Minneapolis.
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- Cities hit
- 17
- in Minnesota
- Largest stone
- 1.00″
- quarter size
- Impact rating
- 3/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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Minnesota cities hit on July 31, 2024
What people on the ground measured in Minnesota on July 31, 2024
12 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 1 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 6.00″ softball size Public4 NW Chokio, MN5:11 PM CDTStevens County
Measured 5.7 to 6 inch hailstone reported by resident via Emergency Management. Stone collected at 5:11pm approximately 4 miles NW of Chokio.
- 5.00″ softball size Public3 NW Chokio, MN4:48 PM CDTStevens County
Delayed report, relayed via Emergency Manager.
- 4.00″ softball size PublicGraceville, MN4:24 PM CDTBig Stone County
Photo passed along from NWS Twin Cities.
- 3.50″ baseball size PublicGraceville, MN4:30 PM CDTBig Stone County
- 2.75″ baseball size PublicGraceville, MN4:20 PM CDTBig Stone County
baseball sized hail from social media video.
- 2.75″ baseball size Trained Spotter3 SSW Donnelly, MN5:05 PM CDTStevens County
- 2.50″ hen egg size Public4 SSW Watson, MN7:15 PM CDTLac qui Parle County
Corrects previous hail report for updated time and location. Delayed report, time clarified by reporter via Facebook.
- 2.50″ hen egg size PublicMontevideo, MN7:28 PM CDTChippewa County
Delayed report, time estimated from radar.
- 2.00″ hen egg size PublicGraceville, MN4:30 PM CDTBig Stone County
Photo next to golf ball sent in over social media.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public6 NNW Northfield, MN5:45 PM CDTDakota County
Delayed report by the Sherrifs office.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public7 NE Farwell, MN6:05 PM CDTDouglas County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Law EnforcementGraceville, MN4:20 PM CDTBig Stone County
Showing the 12 largest of 48 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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Minnesota hail on July 31, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 17 Minnesota cities that day. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over Minneapolis. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.