Hail and tornadoes in Ramsey County, MN
Since October 2020, radar estimated hail somewhere in Ramsey County, MN on 26 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 9 days.
Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.
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.
Hail on record since 1955
NOAA's Storm Events database lists 225 hail reports in Ramsey County, MN on 73 days, 9 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 3 in, near Shoreview, on Fri, Jul 26, 2019.
By decade: 1990s: 12 · 2000s: 68 · 2010s: 79 · 2020s: 66
Tornadoes since 1950
4 tornadoes have touched Ramsey County, MN since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Every one
- Sat, Aug 27, 2022 · EF0 · 3.46 mi long, 100 yd wide · near St Paul Downtown Airport Holman Field
- Sat, Jul 18, 2015 · EF0 · 1.87 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Shoreview
- Sun, May 22, 2011 · EF0 · 1.3 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Mounds View
- Fri, May 15, 1998 · F1 · 7 mi long, 350 yd wide · near Roseville
By decade: 1990s: 1 · 2010s: 2 · 2020s: 1
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 1995 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since October 2020
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jun 19, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.25 in (2 N St. Paul, MN)
- 1.5 in (2 N St. Paul, MN)
- 1.25 in (2 W Maplewood, MN)
- 1.25 in (2 W Maplewood, MN)
- 1.75 in (1 SW Little Canada, MN)
- and 24 more
- Sun, Sep 21, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (2 N Newport, MN)
- Fri, Aug 15, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 8, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 27, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1.75 in (2 ESE Falcon Heights, MN)
- Fri, Mar 28, 2025
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.
- Wed, Jul 31, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
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.
- Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jun 12, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 11, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1 in (1 N West St. Paul, MN)
- 1.75 in (2 NNW Mendota Heights, MN)
- Fri, Jul 28, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 24, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 22, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
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.
- Tue, Jul 4, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1 in (1 WNW LITTLE CANADA, MN)
- Sat, Aug 27, 2022Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (2 SW LITTLE CANADA, MN)
- Wed, Aug 17, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, May 19, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (1 S ST. PAUL, MN)
- 1.75 in (3 NNW MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN)
- 1.75 in (3 SSE MAPLEWOOD, MN)
- 1.5 in (2 N WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN)
- Wed, May 11, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, May 9, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 2 in (2 E ST. PAUL, MN)
- Tue, Aug 24, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Aug 5, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 13, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1 in (SHOREVIEW, MN)
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.