Hail and tornadoes in Carver County, MN

Since October 2020, radar estimated hail somewhere in Carver County, MN on 25 days. The biggest estimate: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball), on Sun, Jul 27, 2025. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 6 days.

Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.

Days with hail

since October 2020

1 inch or larger

days, estimated or reported

Largest radar estimate

1.5+ in

Sun, Jul 27, 2025

Largest reported

3.25 in

Mon, Jun 16, 2025

Radar estimates are NOAA's MESH: the largest hail the radar estimates aloft, on cells about 0.7 mile across, shown as the lower bound of a size band (“1.5+”). They often run larger than what reached the ground, and they aren't evidence of damage at any address.

Radar-estimated hail on Sun, Jul 27, 2025 around the place, with the hail reported that day — Sun, Jul 27, 2025: radar-estimated hail around Carver County, MN, with the hail reported that day.

Hail on record since 1955

NOAA's Storm Events database lists 174 hail reports in Carver County, MN on 80 days, 11 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 3.25 in, near Waconia, on Mon, Jun 16, 2025.

By decade: 1990s: 13 · 2000s: 101 · 2010s: 40 · 2020s: 20

Tornadoes since 1950

14 tornadoes have touched Carver County, MN since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.

Strongest

Sat, Jun 28, 2025 · EF1 · 7.18 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Mayer
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 · EF1 · 4.38 mi long, 250 yd wide · near Victoria
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 · EF1 · 5.14 mi long, 100 yd wide · near New Germany
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 · EF0 · 5.68 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Assumption
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 · EF0 · 2.07 mi long, 25 yd wide · near Bongards

Most recent

Sat, Jun 28, 2025 · EF1 · 4.38 mi long, 250 yd wide · near Victoria
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 · EF1 · 7.18 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Mayer
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 · EF0 · 3.37 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Bongards
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 · EF0 · 2.07 mi long, 25 yd wide · near Bongards
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 · EF0 · 5.68 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Assumption
Mon, May 30, 2022 · EF0 · 6.48 mi long, 400 yd wide · near New Germany
Wed, May 11, 2022 · EF0 · 2.6 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Assumption
Fri, Aug 14, 2020 · EF0 · 0.28 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Waconia
Mon, Sep 2, 2019 · EF0 · 1.33 mi long, 90 yd wide · near Watertown
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 · EF1 · 5.14 mi long, 100 yd wide · near New Germany

By decade: 1990s: 2 · 2000s: 1 · 2010s: 3 · 2020s: 8

Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 1995 onward is in so far.

Every hail day since October 2020

Fri, Aug 7, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Sun, Jul 19, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Sat, Jul 4, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Sun, Sep 21, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Fri, Aug 15, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (2 WSW Victoria, MN)
Fri, Aug 8, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Sun, Jul 27, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
Sat, Jun 28, 2025
Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (1 NNE Norwood Young Ame, MN)
Mon, Jun 16, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (Waconia, MN)
- 3.25 in (1 SSW Waconia, MN)
- 1 in (1 NNW Carver, MN)
Thu, Aug 29, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Mon, Aug 26, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Mon, Jul 22, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, Jun 12, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Tue, Oct 24, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
Thu, Sep 28, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Fri, Sep 1, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Fri, Aug 11, 2023
Reported in the county
- 1 in (Watertown, MN)
Wed, Aug 9, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Thu, Jul 13, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Sat, Jun 10, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Sun, Aug 28, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, May 11, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county
- 1.5 in (2 N CHASKA, MN)
Mon, May 9, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Tue, Apr 12, 2022
Reported in the county
- 1 in (CARVER, MN)
Thu, Sep 16, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Mon, Aug 23, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Tue, Aug 10, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Tue, Jan 5, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.

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Radar estimates and reports are for anywhere inside the county's boundary. Radar estimates come from NOAA's MRMS estimated hail size (MESH), the largest hail the radar estimates aloft on a ~1 km grid. They often run larger than the hail that reached the ground, and they aren't an observation at any address. Reports are what people reported to the National Weather Service. Neither is proof of damage or an official record for an insurance claim. From NOAA's Storm Events Database (NCEI), which records tornadoes from 1950, hail and thunderstorm wind from 1955, and every kind of storm from 1996. A tornado that crossed county lines is counted in each county it touched. Recent months are added as NCEI publishes them, a few months behind. Damage is in the dollars of its year and is often an estimate.