Hail map for Cottage Grove, MN — August 15, 2025
NOAA radar detected hail up to 2.00″ — hen egg size — within 5 miles of Cottage Grove on August 15, 2025.
- Max hail size
- 2.00″
- hen egg
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 3
- distinct radar bands
- Reached the ground
- 50%
- NOAA POSH probability
- Measured on the ground
- 1.25″
- 5.0 mi away · Trained Spotter
NOAA's Probability of Severe Hail peaked at 50% over Cottage Grove that day — moderate: severe hail likely reached the ground somewhere nearby. It is a separate model from the size estimate above: one asks how big the stones were in the storm, the other asks whether they made it down.
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Cottage Grove, MN on August 15, 2025
2 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 2 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Trained Spotter1 S Woodbury, MN · 5.0 mi away4:53 PM CDTWashington County
Relayed through spotter network.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Trained Spotter1 SE Apple Valley, MN · 14.6 mi away6:12 PM CDTDakota County
Hail was photographed.
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.
Cottage Grove hail on August 15, 2025
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 2.00 inches — hen egg size — within about 5 miles of Cottage Grove that day, across 3 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.