June 29, 2026 Storm Near Fargo, ND: Reported Hail and Peak Gusts
On June 29, 2026, storm reports placed hail up to 4.00 in. (grapefruit size) and wind gusts up to 68 mph within 25 miles of Fargo, North Dakota. 17 reports meet National Weather Service severe criteria: hail 1.00 in. or larger, or a gust of 58 mph or more.
Hail and wind reports near Fargo on Jun 29, 2026
25 ground reports fall within 25 miles of the Fargo city center on Jun 29, 2026: 12 hail reports and 13 wind reports. The closest value meeting NWS severe criteria came from 4 S Fargo, 2.8 miles southeast of Fargo: 1.75 in. hail (golf ball size).
- 4.00 in. hail (grapefruit size) — 5 E Horace, 7.3 mi S — NWS Local Storm Report (Broadcast Media, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 4.00 in. hail (grapefruit size) — 4 E Horace, 7.9 mi S — NWS Local Storm Report (Broadcast Media, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 3.00 in. hail (tea cup size) — 2 SSW Moorhead, Minnesota, 3.3 mi SE — NWS Local Storm Report (Public, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 2.00 in. hail (hen egg size) — 3 S Moorhead, Minnesota, 3.7 mi SE — NWS Local Storm Report (Public, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 2.00 in. hail (hen egg size) — Dilworth, Minnesota, 6.2 mi E — NWS Local Storm Report (Public, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 1.75 in. hail (golf ball size) — 4 S Fargo, 2.8 mi SE — NWS Local Storm Report (Public, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 1.75 in. hail (golf ball size) — Moorhead, Minnesota, 3.8 mi E — NWS Local Storm Report (Trained Spotter, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 1.75 in. hail (golf ball size) — 1 NE Moorhead, Minnesota, 4.2 mi E — NWS Local Storm Report (Public, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 68 mph measured gust — 2 SW Dilworth, Minnesota, 4.8 mi E — NWS Local Storm Report (Mesonet, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 1.50 in. hail (ping pong ball size) — 1 SW Dilworth, Minnesota, 5.2 mi E — NWS Local Storm Report (Public, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 63 mph measured gust — 2 WSW Dilworth, Minnesota, 4.2 mi E — NWS Local Storm Report (Mesonet, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 1.25 in. hail (half dollar size) — 2 SE Moorhead, Minnesota, 5 mi E — NWS Local Storm Report (Public, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 1.25 in. hail (half dollar size) — 5 ENE Horace, 5.3 mi S — NWS Local Storm Report (Public, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 62 mph measured gust — 3 ENE Sabin, Minnesota, 12.2 mi E — NWS Local Storm Report (Mesonet, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
- 61 mph measured gust — 2 NE Sabin, Minnesota, 10.8 mi SE — NWS Local Storm Report (Mesonet, NWS office FGF) — meets NWS severe criteria
Plus 10 more reports within 25 miles that day.
Measured station gusts near Fargo
No airport weather station (ASOS/AWOS) within 25 miles of Fargo logged a gust of 50 mph or more on June 29, 2026. The measured gusts on this page come from automated mesonet stations listed in NWS Local Storm Reports.
What the Jun 29, 2026 numbers mean
The National Weather Service defines a severe thunderstorm as one that produces hail at least 1 inch in diameter, winds of at least 58 mph, or a tornado (NWS glossary). The same 58 mph gust mark triggers an NWS High Wind Warning for wind outside thunderstorms. The largest hail reported near Fargo that day, 4.00 in., meets the NWS hail criterion. The strongest gust, 68 mph, meets the NWS wind criterion.
StormAuditor also uses lower screening thresholds — hail 0.75 in. and wind 45 mph — to flag dates worth researching at an address. Screening thresholds are not NWS severe criteria. Hail sizes compare to everyday objects in the Hail Size Guide; gust speeds are explained in the Wind Speed Guide.
Check your Fargo address for Jun 29, 2026
Storm reports are points on a map; a property sits somewhere between them. Run the Free Report Snapshot for any Fargo address: a free YES/NO on whether the public record shows estimated wind of 45 mph or more or hail of 0.75 in. or larger at the property itself. Those are StormAuditor screening thresholds.
For the numbers, the Single Weather Report ($2.99) lists the estimated peak gust and estimated maximum hail size for every qualifying storm date at one address, including June 29, 2026 when the estimate there clears the screening thresholds. The Audit Report shows the evidence and arithmetic behind the estimate for a single date.
Other North Dakota cities with NWS severe reports on Jun 29, 2026
1 other city in North Dakota had a report meeting NWS severe criteria within 25 miles the same day:
More storm days near Fargo and in North Dakota
- Fargo, ND hail and wind history — the last 12 months and NOAA records back to 2010
- Grand Forks, ND — September 3, 2026 (gusts 75 mph)
- Bismarck, ND — August 11, 2026 (hail 2.75 in.)
- Bismarck, ND — July 24, 2026 (gusts 89 mph)
- Previous page in the archive: Bismarck, ND — June 29, 2026 (hail 2.00 in., gusts 63 mph)
- Next page in the archive: Aberdeen, SD — June 29, 2026 (hail 1.00 in., gusts 88 mph)
- Storm event archive — every city storm day, newest first
- Storm Calendar — day-by-day activity for North Dakota and every other state (Pro plans and higher)
- North Dakota storm data — statewide totals and biggest storm days
How these numbers are counted
This page and the Fargo city page share one set of definitions:
- Reports from another state: The 25-mile circle around Fargo reaches into Minnesota. Values marked with that state's name come from there: they count for Fargo but not on the North Dakota state page, which counts reports inside North Dakota only.
- This page (NWS severe): Every NWS hail and wind report within 25 miles of Fargo that day (StormAuditor records reports from hail 0.50 in. and wind 40 mph), plus airport weather-station gusts of 50 mph or more. The page exists because at least one report or station gust met NWS severe criteria (hail 1.00 in.+ or wind 58 mph+), at least two separate observations were logged, and the day ranks among the most significant.
- Each observation counts once: 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. Reports merge only when they are copies of one report: the identical report repeated, or the same report arriving through another feed (SPC or NCEI). Different reports from the same spot, such as two hail sizes reported at one place, count separately.
- Fargo storm-day table: The city page lists storm days: hail 0.75 in.+ or wind 45 mph+ within 25 miles in the last 12 months (StormAuditor screening thresholds; reports and station gusts, never warnings alone). When this date is in that table, it shows the same largest hail and strongest gust as this page; a value below the screening thresholds shows as a dash.
- Events (12-month counts): The Fargo city page also counts events, which include NWS warnings. Events measure how busy the area was, not whether a storm hit, so they are not compared with the report counts here.
Full method: Methodology and Data Sources.
Sources for this page
Reports come from NWS Local Storm Reports. StormAuditor merges copies of the same report that arrive through more than one feed, counts a storm report that relays an airport station's reading once, as the station reading, measures each distance from the Fargo city center, and compiled this record on October 7, 2026. See Data Sources and Methodology.
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