144
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$2K
Property damage
Hail in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota: 144 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 3.5. That places the county #969 nationally and #48 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Lac qui Parle County is the 2000s, when 68 of the county's 144 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Lac qui Parle County archive, hail makes up 50.0% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #969 for this hazard and #48 within Minnesota, putting it in the 68.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for hail in Lac qui Parle County with 54 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2025 | LAC QUI PARLE | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jul 27, 2025 | ROSEN | 1 | $0 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | LAC QUI PARLE | 2.5 | $0 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | LAC QUI PARLE | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | LOUISBURG | 0.88 | $0 |
| Jun 12, 2024 | MADISON | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 9, 2023 | BOYD | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 9, 2022 | MADISON | 1 | $0 |
| May 9, 2022 | BOYD | 1 | $0 |
| May 9, 2022 | BOYD | 2.5 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Lac qui Parle County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A swath of large hail, the largest being ping pong ball size, occurred in an area between the Lac Qui Parle, and Big Stone County line, southeast toward the town of Cerro Gordo. The combination of hail and wind caused considerable damage to the row crops in this area as well as substantial building/property damage. It was also indicated that an estimated 10,600 acres of soybeans were likely destroyed and another 10,600 acres were damaged.
The local law enforcement officials reported dime to quarter size hail which covered the ground. The next morning the local emergency manager reported that the hail remained in the city of Louisburg, Minnesota with drifts still around two feet. Some residences of Lac Qui Parle County reported that the hail lasted for one half hour with drifts of two to three feet. Minor damage occurred to crops and local gardens.
Some farmers around Dawson experienced large hail for 35 minutes, which decimated crops. The hail swath of golf ball size was about 2 miles wide, from just southeast of Madison, to the west side of Dawson, then to about 3 miles southeast of Dawson. From that point, one inch diameter hail continued to four miles west of Boyd.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota?
144 hail events are recorded in Lac qui Parle County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Lac qui Parle County?
The strongest hail on record in Lac qui Parle County measured 3.5.
Where does the hail data for Lac qui Parle County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Hail in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/minnesota/lac-qui-parle-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.