Hail and tornadoes in Sibley County, MN
Since January 2021, radar estimated hail somewhere in Sibley County, MN on 40 days. The biggest estimate: 2 in or larger (hen egg), on Wed, Jul 31, 2024. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 8 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 82 hail reports in Sibley County, MN on 49 days, 6 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 4 in, near Winthrop, on Sun, Jul 9, 2017.
By decade: 2000s: 24 · 2010s: 31 · 2020s: 27
Tornadoes since 1950
15 tornadoes have touched Sibley County, MN since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Strongest
- Tue, Jun 24, 2003 · F2 · 3.5 mi long, 880 yd wide · near Gibbon
- Sat, Jul 25, 2020 · EF1 · 1.89 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Gaylord
- Wed, Aug 16, 2017 · EF1 · 1.57 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Gaylord
- Tue, Jun 24, 2003 · F1 · 0.5 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Gibbon
- Tue, Jun 24, 2003 · F1 · 0.3 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Gibbon
Most recent
- Wed, May 11, 2022 · EF0 · 2.89 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Green Isle
- Fri, Sep 17, 2021 · EF0 · 1.59 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Henderson
- Sat, Jul 25, 2020 · EF0 · 0.18 mi long, 15 yd wide · near Gaylord
- Sat, Jul 25, 2020 · EF1 · 1.89 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Gaylord
- Fri, Jul 5, 2019 · EF0 · 0.16 mi long, 25 yd wide · near Henderson
- Wed, Aug 16, 2017 · EF0 · 0.61 mi long, 25 yd wide · near Gibbon
- Wed, Aug 16, 2017 · EF0 · 4.08 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Gaylord
- Wed, Aug 16, 2017 · EF0 · 1.37 mi long, 60 yd wide · near Gaylord
- Wed, Aug 16, 2017 · EF1 · 1.57 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Gaylord
- Sat, May 28, 2011 · EF0 · 0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide · near Gaylord
By decade: 2000s: 5 · 2010s: 6 · 2020s: 4
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 2003 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since January 2021
- Mon, Aug 17, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
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.
- Tue, Jun 23, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jun 9, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, May 24, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, May 17, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Apr 17, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- 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.
- Mon, Jul 21, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jun 19, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, May 14, 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.
- Sat, Aug 3, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (Gibbon, MN)
- Wed, Jul 31, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county- 1 in (1 WNW Winthrop, MN)
- 1.25 in (5 NW Winthrop, MN)
- 1 in (5 SE Arlington, MN)
- Sun, Jul 21, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jul 10, 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: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jun 2, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Oct 24, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (Gaylord, MN)
- 1 in (Winthrop, MN)
- 1.75 in (Green Isle, MN)
- Fri, Sep 29, 2023
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: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county- 1.75 in (Arlington, MN)
- 1.5 in (6 N Henderson, MN)
- Thu, Jul 27, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jul 14, 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: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 23, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (GAYLORD, MN)
- 3 in (GIBBON, MN)
- Sun, Jul 10, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 20, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, May 30, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (WINTHROP, MN)
- Wed, May 11, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, May 9, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Apr 23, 2022Reported in the county
- 1 in (2 W LE SUEUR, MN)
- Tue, Apr 12, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (GIBBON, MN)
- Mon, Aug 23, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 6, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jul 28, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 28, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jun 17, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
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.