Hail & Wind Storms in St. Paul, MN — Latest Dates and Sizes

Hail and wind activity within ~25 miles of St. Paul, Minnesota or recorded for its county: the last 12 months from NWS warnings, storm reports, and station measurements, plus official NOAA records back to 2010.

Latest hail and wind near St. Paul

  • Last reported hail (0.75 in.+, screening): June 19, 2026 — 2.25 in. reported 2.2 mi NE of St. Paul (2 NNE St. Paul), NWS Local Storm Report.
  • Last wind gust 45 mph+ (screening): September 14, 2026 — 51 mph measured at the Minneapolis - Crystal station (14.4 mi NW of St. Paul), ASOS weather station.
  • 2026 so far: 2 hail days and 13 wind days within 25 miles (days with a storm report or station gust at the screening thresholds; warnings alone never count).
Recent storm days near St. Paul, newest first (hail 0.75 in.+ or wind 45 mph+, screening; a linked date has a storm-date page; pages are published for the most significant days that met NWS severe criteria, so some severe days have no page)
DateLargest reported hailStrongest gust
September 14, 2026—51 mph measured
September 11, 2026—55 mph measured
July 7, 2026—52 mph measured
June 28, 2026—51 mph measured
June 19, 20262.25 in. reported54 mph measured
June 15, 2026—51 mph measured
June 12, 2026—52 mph measured
June 10, 2026—61 mph measured
April 17, 20260.88 in. reported—
April 11, 2026—50 mph measured

Was your address hit on September 14, 2026? Check any address free with the Free Report Snapshot — a YES/NO estimate at the screening thresholds.

St. Paul, MN hail and wind storm history — Ramsey County on a Minnesota map card

St. Paul storm facts

  • StormAuditor's analysis of NOAA and National Weather Service records found 85 wind and hail events, NWS warning products included, within 25 miles of St. Paul, Minnesota (including the parts of Wisconsin inside that circle) or recorded for Ramsey County in the 12 months ending October 7, 2026 (30 wind, 55 hail).
  • The strongest gust within 25 miles of St. Paul in the last 12 months was 64 mph, measured at the Minneapolis - Crystal station (14.4 mi NW of St. Paul) on March 13, 2026 (ASOS weather station; storm reports and station gusts only, warnings excluded).
  • The largest hail reported within 25 miles of St. Paul in the last 12 months was 2.25 in., 2.2 mi NE of St. Paul (2 NNE St. Paul) on June 19, 2026 (NWS Local Storm Report).
  • The busiest day by event count near St. Paul was June 19, 2026, with 47 events.
  • Ramsey County alone recorded 40 of those wind and hail events (9 wind, 31 hail); the Minnesota page ranks counties by events of every type, floods and Special Weather Statements included.
Heavy gray clouds over the St. Paul, Minnesota, skyline
Photo: Bill McChesney · CC BY 2.0 · cropped, resized

St. Paul, Minnesota storm history at a glance (last 12 months)

This free weather history for St. Paul — home to about 310,000 residents — draws on StormAuditor's consolidated public record: 85 wind and hail events within 25 miles of St. Paul (including the parts of Wisconsin inside that circle) or recorded for Ramsey County in the trailing 12 months — 30 wind and 55 hail.

Events combine NWS warning products, observed Local Storm Reports, station measurements and official NCEI records in one event table. Because they include warnings, and wind covers thunderstorm and non-thunderstorm wind alike, they measure something different from the NCEI entry counts in the history section below; the two are not comparable year to year.

Busiest days near St. Paul by event count

Ranked by the number of 12-month events, NWS warnings included, so a day with many warnings can outrank a day with larger hail.

Storm-day records for St. Paul

Storm-date pages for the biggest days near St. Paul: a report or station gust within 25 miles met NWS severe criteria (hail 1.00 in.+ or wind 58 mph+), with at least two separate observations. Not every storm day in the table above has a page. Each page lists the reports, station gusts and a free way to check one address:

How these numbers are counted

The storm numbers on this page are counted in four different ways, plus the free address check. Each answers a different question with its own size cutoffs, area and time span, so compare numbers within one group, not across groups.

  • Storm days (latest hail and wind): A day in the last 12 months when at least one report within 25 miles of St. Paul showed hail 0.75 in. or larger or wind of 45 mph or more (StormAuditor screening thresholds). Reports are NWS storm reports from spotters, the public and officials, plus weather-station gusts, which count from 50 mph. A warning on its own never makes a storm day. The latest and largest hail, the latest and strongest gust, and the storm-day table all use this record. The 25-mile circle around St. Paul reaches into Wisconsin. Values marked with that state's name come from there: they count for St. Paul but not on the Minnesota state page, which counts reports inside Minnesota only.
  • Storm-date pages (NWS severe): A storm-date page is published only when at least one report or station gust within 25 miles of a city met the National Weather Service severe criteria (hail 1.00 in. or larger, or wind 58 mph or more), at least two separate observations were logged, and the day ranks among the most significant. A storm report that relays an airport weather station's reading (the same station, the same gust and the same time) counts once, as the station reading. Not every storm day gets a page; when one does, the page and the storm-day table show the same largest hail and strongest gust.
  • Events (12-month counts): Events count NWS warnings, storm reports (wind 50 mph+, hail 0.75 in.+), station gusts (50 mph+) and NCEI entries within 25 miles of St. Paul or recorded for Ramsey County, tornado entries counted as wind. One event is one place on one day, counted separately for hail and for wind. A weather station or storm-report point counts once a day, at that day's highest reading, however many readings it filed; a place with hail and wind on the same day is two events. NWS warnings count once per county per day, and each NCEI entry once per place per day. A storm report that relays an airport weather station's reading (the same station, the same gust and the same time) counts once, as the station reading. The same report arriving through another feed (SPC or NCEI) is one record. Events measure how busy the area was, not whether a storm hit: one storm can bring warnings and reports from many places, so the busiest days by event count can differ from the storm days.
  • NOAA history (since 2010): The official NOAA storm record (NCEI Storm Events) within 25 miles of St. Paul or in Ramsey County from January 1, 2010 to the day before the 12-month window starts: hail 0.50 in.+, thunderstorm wind 40 mph+ and tornadoes. It is a separate, older record with its own "storm days" (days with any entry), so its counts are not compared with the 12-month numbers.
  • Free Report Snapshot: A free YES/NO estimate for one address, from radar and wind analysis at the property rather than area reports, at the same screening thresholds: hail 0.75 in. or wind 45 mph.

Full method: Methodology and Data Sources.

St. Paul hail and wind history in NOAA NCEI records, 2010–Oct. 2025

This section covers January 1, 2010 through October 6, 2025. Storms from October 7, 2025 on are in the 12-month summary above, so no date is counted in both.

Bar chart of storm days per year near St. Paul for 2010–Oct. 2025 in NOAA NCEI Storm Events records; the busiest year was 2012 with 18 storm days.
St. Paul storm days by year, 2010–Oct. 2025 (NOAA NCEI Storm Events).

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 1,352 NCEI Storm Events entries within 25 miles of St. Paul or in Ramsey County for this period, on 178 separate storm days. Hail is the more common entry — 761 hail reports to 550 thunderstorm wind reports.

The most storm days came in 2012, with 18; the fewest in a full year was 4, in 2014. Across 2022–2024, the area averaged 12 storm days a year, above the 15-year average of 11.

The largest hail in these records for this area was 3.00 in. (teacup size), reported in 2019, 2022 and 2023 — most recently on August 11, 2023 in Hennepin County. Hail of 2 inches or more appears in 9 different years of this record, the latest being 2025 through Oct. 6.

The strongest measured thunderstorm gust was 77 mph on May 11, 2022 in Carver County. NCEI also lists 41 tornado entries for the area — one entry per county a tornado crossed.

Hail peaks in May (34% of all hail reports), while thunderstorm wind reports cluster in July. December through February accounts for 1 storm day.

St. Paul storm entries by year, 2010–Oct. 2025 (NOAA NCEI Storm Events)
YearHail reportsThunderstorm wind reportsTornado entriesStorm daysLargest hailStrongest measured gust
201019382131.75 in.70 mph
201172188132.50 in.59 mph
2012106694181.75 in.70 mph
201364580112.00 in.69 mph
20141413241.75 in.—
20155019172.00 in.70 mph
201630410141.50 in.68 mph
201745314121.75 in.69 mph
201820270101.75 in.62 mph
201948281103.00 in.68 mph
202043105102.25 in.61 mph
202113304112.50 in.64 mph
2022122457103.00 in.77 mph
202367210113.00 in.68 mph
202412673141.75 in.69 mph
2025 through Oct. 636350102.00 in.66 mph

Download this history: CSV · JSON at https://www.stormauditor.com/downloads/storm-history/mn/st-paul.json (free, open license, cite StormAuditor).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (thunderstorm wind, hail, and tornado entries; hail 0.50 in. or larger, wind 40 mph or more; wind converted from knots).

St. Paul storm history questions, 2010–Oct. 2025

How big did hail get in St. Paul, 2010–Oct. 2025?

3.00 in., teacup size, reported in 2019, 2022 and 2023; most recently on August 11, 2023 in Hennepin County, per NCEI. Hail of 2 inches or more appears in 9 years of this record in all, most recently 2020, 2021 and 2025 through Oct. 6.

Which year had the most storm days near St. Paul, 2010–Oct. 2025?

2012, with 18 storm days (106 hail reports, 69 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 tornado entries). The 15-year average is 11 storm days.

How many hail reports does St. Paul see in a typical year?

About 48 hail reports a year (2010–2024 average), with 1-inch or larger hail reported every year. Thunderstorm wind averages 34 reports a year.

What month has the most hail near St. Paul?

May has the most hail reports (262, 2010–Oct. 2025), followed by August (157) and July (123).

What is the strongest measured thunderstorm gust near St. Paul, 2010–Oct. 2025?

77 mph, measured on May 11, 2022 in Carver County. Only gusts NCEI lists as measured count here; gusts measured on a date and county with a tornado entry, and entries of 120 knots or more (known entry errors), are left out.

St. Paul hail map and wind map

Researching hail or wind in St. Paul? The Hail Explorer and Wind Explorer map radar-derived hail swaths and peak-gust wind swaths across Minnesota, including the St. Paul metro: pick any storm date and see how estimated hail size and gust bands tracked through Ramsey County. Both explorers are included with Pro+ and Organization plans.

County-level activity is on the Impact Heatmap (free with an account), and day-by-day history is on the Storm Calendar (Pro plans and higher).

Free St. Paul weather report by address

Area maps show where storms tracked; an insurance claim or roof inspection turns on what happened at the property. Three ways to check one St. Paul address:

All values are estimates from public NOAA data under our published methodology (see Limitations).

Storm professionals: restoration and exterior contractors, public adjusters, and crews and teams on one Organization plan work from this same public record — see StormAuditor for professionals.

Sources: NWS alerts (api.weather.gov) · NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet · ASOS/AWOS station gusts via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet · NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database · every StormAuditor data source.

Free St. Paul storm data download

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Data last refreshed October 7, 2026. Event counts cover wind and hail (warning products, and storm reports from 50 mph or 0.75 in.); flood activity and Special Weather Statements are not counted here.