128
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$100K
Property damage
Hail in Grant County, South Dakota: 128 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,125 nationally and #58 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Grant County, South Dakota: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Grant County is the 2000s, when 46 of the county's 128 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 Grant County archive, hail makes up 45.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,125 for this hazard and #58 within South Dakota, putting it in the 63.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for hail in Grant County with 38 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 22, 2025 | MILBANK | 1 | $0 |
| Aug 22, 2025 | MILBANK | 0.75 | $0 |
| Aug 22, 2025 | BIG STONE CITY | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | TROY | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 9, 2022 | STRANDBURG | 1 | $0 |
| Aug 28, 2021 | BIG STONE CITY | 1.25 | $0 |
| Aug 28, 2021 | MILBANK | 1.75 | $0 |
| Aug 28, 2021 | MILBANK | 2.5 | $0 |
| Aug 28, 2021 | MILBANK | 1.25 | $0 |
| Aug 28, 2021 | HILAND | 2.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Grant County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Golf ball sized hail combined with seventy mph winds broke all of the windows out of the northwest side of the house and two other outbuildings. The paint was also chipped off the northwest sides of all three buildings. One hundred forty acres of corn was also destroyed by the hail and wind.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Grant County, South Dakota?
128 hail events are recorded in Grant County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Grant County?
The strongest hail on record in Grant County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Grant 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 Grant County, South Dakota.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/south-dakota/grant-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.