Hail and tornadoes in Dane County, WI

Since January 2021, radar estimated hail somewhere in Dane County, WI on 58 days. The biggest estimate: 2 in or larger (hen egg), on Tue, Apr 14, 2026. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 21 days.

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

Days with hail

since January 2021

1 inch or larger

days, estimated or reported

Largest radar estimate

2+ in

Tue, Apr 14, 2026

Largest reported

4 in

Tue, Apr 14, 2026

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 452 hail reports in Dane County, WI on 105 days, 59 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 4 in, near Burke, on Tue, Apr 14, 2026.

By decade: 2000s: 114 · 2010s: 124 · 2020s: 214

Tornadoes since 1950

43 tornadoes have touched Dane County, WI since 1950, 2 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger. They killed 1 and injured 23.

Strongest

Thu, Aug 18, 2005 · F3 · 17 mi long, 600 yd wide · near Fitchburg · 1 death, 23 injuries
Mon, Jun 16, 2014 · EF3 · 0.96 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Verona
Mon, Jun 16, 2014 · EF2 · 0.22 mi long, 200 yd wide · near Shorewood Hills
Wed, Jun 17, 2026 · EF1 · 2.73 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Montrose
Mon, Apr 13, 2026 · EF1 · 5.23 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Utica

Most recent

Wed, Jun 17, 2026 · EF1 · 2.73 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Montrose
Mon, Apr 13, 2026 · EF1 · 5.23 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Utica
Wed, Jul 16, 2025 · EF0 · 5.59 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Mazomanie
Sat, Jun 22, 2024 · EF1 · 3.47 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Marshall
Tue, May 21, 2024 · EF1 · 4.63 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Mt Horeb
Thu, Feb 8, 2024 · EF1 · 6.11 mi long, 500 yd wide · near Hanerville
Fri, Mar 31, 2023 · EF1 · 4.75 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Hanerville
Sat, Mar 5, 2022 · EF1 · 5.98 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Hanerville
Wed, Jul 28, 2021 · EF0 · 3.52 mi long, 75 yd wide · near Riley
Wed, Jul 28, 2021 · EF1 · 2.44 mi long, 125 yd wide · near Pine Bluff

By decade: 2000s: 16 · 2010s: 15 · 2020s: 12

Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 2003 onward is in so far.

Every hail day since January 2021

Tue, Aug 18, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Thu, Jul 2, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, Jun 10, 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.
Tue, Apr 14, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county
- 2 in (3 N Monona, WI)
- 3 in (1 NW Maple Bluff, WI)
- 1.75 in (1 W Middleton, WI)
- 2.75 in (3 NE Monona, WI)
- 3.5 in (3 E Maple Bluff, WI)
- and 7 more
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
Reported in the county
- 1 in (2 SW Monona, WI)
- 1.25 in (4 NE Cross Plains, WI)
Sat, Aug 16, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county
- 1 in (1 S Oregon, WI)
- 1 in (4 NE Cross Plains, WI)
Sat, Aug 9, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, Jul 16, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Thu, Jul 10, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Thu, May 15, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county
- 2 in (Madison, WI)
- 1.5 in (1 SE Oregon, WI)
- 2.25 in (4 W Cottage Grove, WI)
- 2 in (4 W Cottage Grove, WI)
- 1 in (2 NW Waunakee, WI)
Fri, Apr 18, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (2 SE Verona, WI)
- 1 in (Verona, WI)
- 1 in (2 NW Waunakee, WI)
- 1 in (2 SE Cottage Grove, WI)
- 2.5 in (2 E Edgerton, WI)
Thu, Apr 17, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (Oregon, WI)
- 1 in (4 NE Cross Plains, WI)
Thu, Mar 27, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, Oct 30, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Sat, Sep 21, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Tue, Aug 27, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Sun, Jul 21, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Sun, Jul 14, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county
- 1.5 in (4 NE Cross Plains, WI)
Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Mon, Jun 24, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
No hail reported in the county.
Sat, Jun 22, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county
- 2 in (2 NNW Maple Bluff, WI)
- 1.75 in (2 N Maple Bluff, WI)
Fri, Jun 21, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Mon, Jun 17, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Tue, May 21, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county
- 1 in (3 S Middleton, WI)
- 1.5 in (1 NNW Stoughton, WI)
Tue, May 7, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county
- 1 in (1 W Mount Horeb, WI)
Sat, Apr 27, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county
- 1 in (4 NNE Cross Plains, WI)
Tue, Apr 16, 2024
Reported in the county
- 1 in (Middleton, WI)
Thu, Feb 8, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Mon, Oct 23, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (Maple Bluff, WI)
- 1.5 in (1 E Maple Bluff, WI)
- 1 in (3 NNE Cross Plains, WI)
Thu, Aug 24, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, Aug 16, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Fri, Aug 11, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Fri, Jul 28, 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.
Mon, Jul 10, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, Jul 5, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Thu, Apr 20, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, Apr 19, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county
- 1 in (1 WNW MIDDLETON, WI)
- 1 in (3 NNW MIDDLETON, WI)
- 1.75 in (STOUGHTON, WI)
- 1.75 in (BELLEVILLE, WI)
Tue, Apr 4, 2023
Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (4 E BROOKLYN, WI)
- 1.5 in (1 NE ROCKDALE, WI)
Fri, Nov 4, 2022
Reported in the county
- 1.25 in (MADISON, WI)
- 1 in (DEERFIELD, WI)
- 1.25 in (5 SSW COLUMBUS, WI)
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 NNW MONONA, WI)
- 1 in (DE FOREST, WI)
Sat, Sep 3, 2022
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 in (1 NNW MONONA, WI)
- 2.5 in (3 NNE EDGERTON, WI)
Tue, Jul 5, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Mon, Jul 4, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Tue, Jun 21, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, Jun 15, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Mon, Jun 13, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported in the county
- 1 in (4 NE CROSS PLAINS, WI)
- 2 in (1 E SUN PRAIRIE, WI)
- 1.5 in (DEERFIELD, WI)
Thu, May 26, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Fri, May 13, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county
- 1 in (STOUGHTON, WI)
Tue, Feb 22, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Mon, Sep 13, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Sun, Sep 12, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Tue, Sep 7, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Reported in the county
- 1 in (MCFARLAND, WI)
- 1.5 in (2 W VERONA, WI)
- 1 in (4 NNE CROSS PLAINS, WI)
- 1 in (MAZOMANIE, WI)
Tue, Aug 24, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Sat, Aug 7, 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.
Tue, Jul 27, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Fri, Jun 11, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
Wed, Mar 17, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Tue, Mar 2, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
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.