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Sioux Falls hail storm history, 2010 to 2026

Every significant hail and wind storm NOAA recorded in Minnehaha, Lincoln, Turner and McCook counties since 2010, with the date, the towns, the hail size or wind speed and what it did. NOAA has published its data only to June 2026, so later storms come from the National Weather Service.

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Which storms hit the Sioux Falls area from 2010 to 2026?

Fifty-four storm days. The table takes every NOAA event in the four counties with a tornado, hail 1.75 inches or larger, wind of 70 knots (81 mph) or more, or a property damage figure.

DateWhere (county: places)Hail or windWhat happened
11 June 2010Minnehaha, Lincoln: Ellis, South Sioux Falls, Hudson, BeresfordWind 100 mphWidespread wind damage around Sioux Falls; siding and wood blown off a new house. NOAA damage $525,000.
26 June 2010Lincoln, Minnehaha: Harrisburg, Tea, Norton AcresWind 81 mphNOAA damage $156,000.
23 July 2010Lincoln, McCook: Tea, SpencerWind 70 mphNOAA damage $1,010,000.
27 July 2010McCook: UnityvilleHail 2.50 inNone listed
22 September 2010Lincoln, Turner: Hudson, Chancellor, HurleyHail 1.75 inNone listed
30 May 2011McCook: Salem, Bridgewater, SpencerHail 1.75 in; wind 81 mphNOAA damage $150,000.
1 July 2011McCook: Canistota, MontroseHail 1.75 inNOAA damage $25,000.
1 May 2012McCook: SalemHail 1.75 inNone listed
4 September 2012McCook: SpencerHail 1.75 inNone listed
25 May 2013Turner: ParkerHail 1.75 inNone listed
31 August 2013Minnehaha: Sioux Falls, West and South Sioux FallsHail 2.50 in; wind 70 mphHail broke windows and damaged siding, roofs and many vehicles; one dealer reported 4,000 vehicles damaged. NOAA damage $5,300,000.
5 June 2014Minnehaha, Lincoln: South Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, Hartford, Ellis, HarrisburgHail 2.00 in; two EF0 tornadoesWidespread damage to vehicles, windows, roofs and siding. NOAA damage $3,000,000. One news report dates it 4 June.
14 June 2014Lincoln: HarrisburgHail 1.75 inNone listed
16 June 2014Minnehaha: Sioux Falls airport, Baltic, Ellis, HumboldtHail 1.75 in; wind 96 mph measured at the airportNone listed
17 June 2014Minnehaha: Pumpkin CenterEF2 tornadoBlew down a house’s outside walls; the family sheltered in the basement. NOAA damage $100,000.
19 June 2015Minnehaha: Dell RapidsHail 1.75 inNone listed
22 June 2015Minnehaha: Garretson, East Sioux Falls, Ellis, HartfordWind 100 mph estimated, 82 mph measuredSeveral homes damaged near Garretson, at least one destroyed. NOAA damage $1,502,000.
5 July 2015Turner: DoltonWind 70 mph; EF0 tornadoNOAA damage $2,000.
9 August 2015McCook: SpencerHail 1.75 inNone listed
28 May 2016Lincoln: near LennoxEF0 tornadoNone listed
17 June 2016Turner: ParkerHail 1.75 inNone listed
12 June 2017Turner: Pearsons CornerHail 1.75 inNone listed
30 July 2018Minnehaha: Ellis, Pumpkin CenterTwo EF0 tornadoesNone listed
5 August 2018Minnehaha: Sioux FallsHail 1.75 inNone listed
28 August 2018Minnehaha: Sioux Falls, EllisHail 1.75 inNone listed
18 July 2019Minnehaha: CrooksEF0 tornadoNOAA damage $2,000.
28 July 2019McCook: Stanley CornerHail 1.75 inNone listed
10 September 2019Minnehaha, Lincoln, Turner: Sioux Falls, South Sioux Falls, Tea, Lennox, Chancellor, MarionThree EF2 tornadoes; wind 90 mphRoofs torn off apartment buildings near 41st and Glendale and near O’Gorman High. Tea tornado $6.8 million. NOAA damage $12,069,250.
9 June 2020Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner: Worthing, Chancellor, Parker, Hurley, Viborg, Sioux FallsWind 86 mphNOAA damage $47,000.
11 October 2020Lincoln: HudsonHail 1.75 inNone listed
5 April 2021Lincoln: ShindlerHail 1.75 inNone listed
5 August 2021Minnehaha, Turner, Lincoln: Renner, East Sioux Falls, Davis, BeresfordHail 3.50 in; wind 81 mphSignificant roof damage from south of Dell Rapids to Renner to near Brandon. Sioux Empire Fair closed early. NOAA damage $601,000.
28 August 2021Lincoln, Turner, McCook: Lennox, Worthing, Harrisburg, Chancellor, SalemHail 1.75 in; wind 96 mph; EF1 and four EFU tornadoesMost of the rubber membrane torn off part of the Lennox High School roof. NOAA damage $3,245,000.
16 September 2021Minnehaha: Humboldt, Crooks, HartfordWind 81 mphNOAA damage $510,000.
12 April 2022McCook: BridgewaterHail 1.75 inNone listed
23 April 2022Lincoln: BeresfordHail 1.75 inNone listed
11 May 2022McCook: SalemHail 1.75 inNone listed
12 May 2022Minnehaha, McCook, Turner: South Sioux Falls, Hartford, Dell Rapids, Colton, Salem, Canistota, Spencer, HurleyDerecho; wind 125 mph estimated1,480 ft TV tower downed near Canistota. Roofs torn off a Hartford truck stop and a Canton building; shingles blown off west of Sioux Falls.
29 May 2022Minnehaha: Sioux Falls, West and South Sioux Falls, EllisHail 2.50 inOvernight hail, golf ball size in western Sioux Falls.
30 May 2022Minnehaha, Lincoln, McCook: South Sioux Falls, Brandon, Corson, Moe, Norway Center, Salem, MontroseHail 2.00 in; wind 90 mph; two EF1 and one EFU tornadoEF1 tornado near 41st Street and Western Avenue in Sioux Falls.
20 June 2022Minnehaha: Sioux Falls airport, West Sioux FallsWind 82 mph measuredNone listed
5 July 2022Minnehaha, McCook, Turner: West Sioux Falls, Dell Rapids, Pumpkin Center, Salem, Spencer, MonroeWind 90 mphNOAA damage $50,000.
10 July 2023Turner: Center PointWind 85 mphNone listed
22 July 2023McCook: Unityville, SalemHail 2.75 inNone listed
30 July 2024McCook: SalemHail 1.75 inNone listed
28 April 2025Lincoln: BeresfordHail 1.75 inNone listed
28 July 2025Lincoln, Turner: Beresford, Hudson, Lennox, Moe, Davis, Irene, ParkerDerecho; wind 115 mph estimated; EF0 tornado near Lennox200 ft cell tower destroyed near Beresford; roof torn off a house near Davis.
5 August 2025Minnehaha: Pumpkin CenterHail 1.75 inNone listed
6 August 2025McCook: UnityvilleHail 1.75 inNone listed
17 May 2026Turner: Parker, HurleyWind 90 mph; EFU tornadoSnapped poles and flipped pivots near Parker.
27 May 2026Minnehaha: BenclareEFU tornadoNone listed
31 May 2026McCook, Lincoln, Minnehaha: Canistota, Bridgewater, Beresford, Pumpkin CenterHail 1.75 in; EF1, three EF0 and one EFU tornadoEF1 destroyed a dairy barn near Beresford.
28 June 2026Minnehaha: Baltic, Dell Rapids airportWind 90 mphDairy farm outbuildings badly damaged near Baltic.
25 July 2026 (National Weather Service)Lincoln, Minnehaha, McCook, Turner: Sioux Falls metro, Tea, Harrisburg, Canton, BrandonDime-size hail; gusts 81 to 82 mph at Tea and Harrisburg stations, 72 mph at the Sioux Falls airport, 92 mph on a personal weather station in TeaWidespread tree and fence damage, some roof and structural damage across the metro, extensive roof damage to a storage facility on Cliff Avenue in Harrisburg. Not yet in NOAA.

NOAA records wind in knots, converted here to mph. Most speeds are estimates; measured gusts are marked. “None listed” means NOAA gave no dollar figure. From 2022 it left the damage field blank for most events here, so a blank does not mean nothing was damaged.

Where does this storm record come from?

NOAA’s Storm Events Database, downloaded 17 October 2026. NOAA has published data only through June 2026. The 25 July 2026 storm comes from the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls.

What were the worst storms to hit Sioux Falls?

For hail inside the city, 2013 and 2014. On 31 August 2013, hail up to 2.5 inches broke windows and damaged siding, roofs and cars across Sioux Falls. One dealer reported 4,000 vehicles damaged. The National Weather Service called it one of the worst hailstorms in the city in a decade, and NOAA put the damage at $5,300,000.

Then 5 June 2014: hail up to 2 inches across Sioux Falls, Hartford and Harrisburg, with damage to vehicles, windows, roofs and siding. One news report dates it 4 June. After the spring 2014 hail, city reshingling applications passed 6,000, against a usual 2,100.

For wind, 10 September 2019. Three EF2 tornadoes hit south Sioux Falls and Tea at night, tearing roofs off apartment buildings near 41st and Glendale and near O’Gorman High. Eight people were hurt and no one died. The fire chief counted at least 37 structures that collapsed or had structural problems. The warning came after two of the tornadoes had already lifted.

The biggest stones fell on 5 August 2021: 3.5 inches, 5 miles north of Sioux Falls at 8:50 pm. That hail caused significant roof damage on a path from south of Dell Rapids through Renner to near Brandon.

2022 brought both. The 12 May derecho, which NOAA listed as a billion-dollar disaster, tore roofs off a Hartford truck stop and a Canton building and blew shingles off homes west of the city. The Weather Service measured 78 mph 3 miles south-southwest of Sioux Falls and 88 mph near Salem. Two people died in South Dakota. On 29 May, hail up to 2.5 inches fell overnight on western Sioux Falls. The city issued more than 5,000 shingle permits that year.

The two most recent were wind. The 28 July 2025 derecho hit hardest south and west of the city, with 87 mph measured near Irene and a roof torn off a house near Davis; in Sioux Falls the damage was mostly trees and power lines. On 25 July 2026, gusts reached 81 to 82 mph at Tea and Harrisburg and 72 mph at the airport, with some roof and structural damage across the metro.

What does the record say about hail and wind?

Big hail comes from spring to early fall. Every hail event in the table fell between 5 April and 11 October. Of 269 NOAA hail reports in the four counties from 2015 to June 2026, 72 came in May and 63 in August.

It also skips years. Since May 2022, NOAA has logged no hail bigger than 1.75 inches in Minnehaha County, through June 2026. We found no Sioux Falls hail storm in 2025 with widespread roof damage.

Wind fills the gaps. NOAA thunderstorm wind reports in the four counties reached 50 in 2021, 80 in 2022 and 51 in 2025, and derechos crossed the area in 2022 and 2025. A quiet hail summer can still take shingles off.

What should I do after the next storm?

Write down the date and take photos the same day. A dated photo ties the damage to that storm when you talk to your insurer.

Then go through what to check on your roof after hail or wind and get a roof inspection with dated photos. Read how a roof claim works in South Dakota before you call the insurer, and check the roofer’s city license before you sign anything.

Questions about Sioux Falls hail storm history

What was the worst hail storm in Sioux Falls?

By NOAA’s damage figures, the 31 August 2013 storm, with hail up to 2.5 inches and $5,300,000 in damage. The largest stones in this record, 3.5 inches, fell north of the city on 5 August 2021.

Late May 2022, when hail up to 2.5 inches fell on western Sioux Falls on the 29th and up to 2 inches on south Sioux Falls on the 30th. NOAA has logged nothing larger than 1.75 inches in Minnehaha County since, through June 2026.

Yes. The 12 May 2022 derecho brought a measured 78 mph gust near Sioux Falls and was listed as a billion-dollar disaster. A second derecho on 28 July 2025 hit hardest south and west of the city.

Yes. On 25 July 2026 the National Weather Service recorded gusts of 81 to 82 mph at Tea and Harrisburg and 72 mph at the Sioux Falls airport, with some roof damage across the metro. NOAA has not yet published that month.

NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists hail and wind reports by county and date, though it runs months behind. The National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls posts summaries of big storms sooner.

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