Hail in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Hail in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota: 98 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #1,457 nationally and #79 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for hail in Yellow Medicine County is the 2000s, when 45 of the county's 98 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 Yellow Medicine County archive, hail makes up 41.2% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,457 for this hazard and #79 within Minnesota, putting it in the 53.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for hail in Yellow Medicine County with 37 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.

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How many hail events are on record in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota?

98 hail events are recorded in Yellow Medicine County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Yellow Medicine County?

The strongest hail on record in Yellow Medicine County measured 3.

Where does the hail data for Yellow Medicine 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.