175
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$198K
Property damage
Hail in Steele County, North Dakota: 175 recorded events between 1971 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #764 nationally and #24 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Steele County, North Dakota: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Steele County is the 2000s, when 92 of the county's 175 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 Steele County archive, hail makes up 48.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #764 for this hazard and #24 within North Dakota, putting it in the 75.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for hail in Steele County with 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2025 | LUVERNE | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jul 7, 2025 | HOPE | 1 | $0 |
| May 17, 2024 | LUVERNE | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 13, 2023 | SHARON | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | FINLEY | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | FINLEY | 1 | $0 |
| May 23, 2023 | SHERBROOKE | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 20, 2022 | SHARON | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 20, 2022 | FINLEY | 1.5 | $0 |
| Jun 25, 2020 | SHARON | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Steele County
- Thunderstorm Wind 107
- Tornado 44
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A woman taped several minutes of a multiple vortex tornado that passed south of her farm. As the tornado went out of view of the video, she and her two children took cover in their mobile home. At the end of the tape, as the tornado moved out of view, the video showed a microburst to the west of the farm. This is what did most of the damage. After the microburst, she looked up and saw blue sky. She and the children were in the limbs of a tree with mobile home debris covering her legs. They were treated for scratches and bruises. The woman and one child were kept overnight at the hospital for observation. Some of the damage included destruction of the mobile home and other farm buildings as well as farm machinery and trees. The path and length of the tornado were estimated.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Steele County, North Dakota?
175 hail events are recorded in Steele County between 1971 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Steele County?
The strongest hail on record in Steele County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for Steele 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 Steele County, North Dakota.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-dakota/steele-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.