Hail and tornadoes in Codington County, SD
Since January 2021, radar estimated hail somewhere in Codington County, SD on 44 days. The biggest estimate: 2 in or larger (hen egg), on Sun, Jul 27, 2025. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 13 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 165 hail reports in Codington County, SD on 70 days, 8 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 3.75 in, near Wallace, on Sun, Jul 25, 2021.
By decade: 2000s: 74 · 2010s: 57 · 2020s: 34
Tornadoes since 1950
10 tornadoes have touched Codington County, SD since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Strongest
- Sun, Jul 27, 2025 · EF2 · 3.98 mi long, 200 yd wide · near Henry
- Thu, May 12, 2022 · EF1 · 0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Rauville
- Tue, Jun 6, 2023 · EF0 · 0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide · near South Shore
- Mon, Sep 9, 2019 · EF0 · 2.58 mi long, 20 yd wide · near Watertown Airport
- Mon, Jun 13, 2005 · F0 · 10 yd wide · near Watertown
Most recent
- Tue, Jun 9, 2026 · EFU · 0.05 mi long, 1 yd wide · near Henry
- Sun, Jul 27, 2025 · EF2 · 3.98 mi long, 200 yd wide · near Henry
- Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · EFU · 0.01 mi long, 5 yd wide · near Appleby
- Tue, Jun 6, 2023 · EF0 · 0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide · near South Shore
- Thu, May 12, 2022 · EF1 · 0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Rauville
- Mon, Sep 9, 2019 · EF0 · 2.58 mi long, 20 yd wide · near Watertown Airport
- Mon, Jun 13, 2005 · F0 · 10 yd wide · near Watertown
- Mon, Jun 13, 2005 · F0 · 10 yd wide · near Watertown
- Mon, Jun 13, 2005 · F0 · 0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide · near Watertown
- Tue, Jun 24, 2003 · F0 · 0.5 mi long, 25 yd wide · near Watertown
By decade: 2000s: 4 · 2010s: 1 · 2020s: 5
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 2003 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since January 2021
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 6, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1 in (4 W Kranzburg, SD)
- Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jul 2, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jun 27, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jun 9, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jun 4, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jun 3, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Sep 12, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Sep 2, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (4 SE Rauville, SD)
- Thu, Aug 21, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Aug 13, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Aug 5, 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: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county- 2.75 in (Watertown Airport, SD)
- 1 in (1 SW Watertown, SD)
- Fri, Jul 18, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jun 28, 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: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jun 19, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Aug 4, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county- 1.75 in (2 SSW Florence, SD)
- Wed, Jul 31, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 21, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jun 18, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1.75 in (4 SE Rauville, SD)
- Wed, Jun 12, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jun 11, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county- 1 in (1 NW Watertown, SD)
- 1.75 in (Watertown, SD)
- Sun, Jun 2, 2024
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: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1.25 in (Florence, SD)
- 1.25 in (6 NE Wallace, SD)
- 1 in (3 WNW Troy, SD)
- 1.5 in (2 SW Sandy Shore State, SD)
- Mon, Jul 3, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.75 in (4 WSW Florence, SD)
- Thu, Sep 8, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1.25 in (3 ESE RAUVILLE, SD)
- 1 in (4 SSE WATERTOWN, SD)
- Fri, Aug 5, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 30, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Jul 23, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
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.
- Mon, May 30, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (WATERTOWN, SD)
- Sun, May 29, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1 in (4 SE RAUVILLE, SD)
- Thu, May 12, 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)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, May 8, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Oct 9, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Sep 16, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1 in (9 WNW SOUTH SHORE, SD)
- Mon, Aug 23, 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: 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.
- Sun, Jul 25, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county- 1.75 in (WALLACE, SD)
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.