Hail and tornadoes in Steele County, ND
Since January 2021, radar estimated hail somewhere in Steele County, ND on 45 days. The biggest estimate: 2 in or larger (hen egg), on Wed, Jun 7, 2023. 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.
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 96 hail reports in Steele County, ND on 59 days, 5 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 3 in, near Sherbrooke, on Sat, Jun 27, 2015.
By decade: 2000s: 54 · 2010s: 32 · 2020s: 10
Tornadoes since 1950
20 tornadoes have touched Steele County, ND since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Strongest
- Mon, Aug 9, 2021 · EF2 · 2.88 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Sharon
- Thu, Jun 17, 2010 · EF2 · 7 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Hope
- Thu, Jun 17, 2010 · EF2 · 3 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Hope
- Sun, Jul 18, 2004 · F2 · 3 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Finley
- Mon, Jun 8, 2020 · EF1 · 2 mi long, 250 yd wide · near Sharon
Most recent
- Fri, Jul 22, 2022 · EF0 · 0.92 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Finley Airport
- Mon, Aug 9, 2021 · EF2 · 2.88 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Sharon
- Mon, Jun 8, 2020 · EF1 · 2 mi long, 250 yd wide · near Sharon
- Mon, Jun 8, 2020 · EF0 · 0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Sharon
- Fri, May 24, 2019 · EF0 · 4.5 mi long, 150 yd wide · near Hope
- Wed, Jun 7, 2017 · EF0 · 1.5 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Sherbrooke
- Sat, Jun 27, 2015 · EF1 · 3.45 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Colgate
- Sat, Jun 27, 2015 · EF1 · 3.23 mi long, 800 yd wide · near Sherbrooke
- Sat, Jun 27, 2015 · EF0 · 0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide · near Finley
- Mon, Jun 13, 2011 · EF0 · 0.2 mi long, 20 yd wide · near Blabon
By decade: 2000s: 5 · 2010s: 11 · 2020s: 4
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 2003 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since January 2021
- Sun, Sep 6, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Sep 3, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (Finley, ND)
- Mon, Jul 13, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Aug 18, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 26, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 7, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jul 4, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jun 22, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jun 20, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Aug 28, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Aug 3, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 27, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 20, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jun 28, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, May 16, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (2 N Luverne, ND)
- Sat, Sep 2, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Aug 1, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jul 26, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 25, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jul 13, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (4 ESE Aneta, ND)
- Fri, Jun 9, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jun 7, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county- 1 in (Finley, ND)
- 1 in (3 N Finley, ND)
- Tue, May 23, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (6 WNW Roseville, ND)
- 1 in (7 WSW PORTLAND, ND)
- Mon, Sep 19, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Sep 8, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Aug 23, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Aug 22, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Aug 14, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 18, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jun 24, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jun 19, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.5 in (3 W FINLEY, ND)
- Tue, Jun 14, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 13, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, May 12, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Oct 3, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Sep 10, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Aug 22, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Aug 9, 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, Jul 19, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jun 10, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 7, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, May 24, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, May 22, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, May 6, 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.