◆ WOUNDED KNEE, SD HAIL HISTORY · OGLALA LAKOTA COUNTY
Wounded Knee, SD hail history & hail map
Wounded Knee, South Dakota has had 12 hail events in the past 5 years, with hail up to 2.75″ (Baseball). Most recent: Jun 29, 2026. Free hail map, storm dates and NWS/CoCoRaHS reports.
✓ Data compiled by a degreed meteorologist from NOAA & NWS sources
12Hail events in the past 5 years
2.75″Largest recorded hail · Baseball
1.50″Largest ground report (within 3 mi)
2.75″Largest radar-estimated hail

Radar hail swaths (NOAA MRMS MESH) in the past 5 years over Wounded Knee, shaded by hail size; blue dots are ground reports.
Recent hail storm dates in Wounded Knee
| Date | Peak hail | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | 2.00″ Golf Ball | Radar 2.00″ · 1 ground report (max 1.50″) |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 0.75″ Penny | Radar 0.75″ |
| Aug 14, 2025 | 0.75″ Penny | Radar 0.75″ |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 0.75″ Penny | Radar 0.75″ |
| Jul 6, 2025 | 2.25″ Golf Ball | Radar 2.25″ |
| Jul 2, 2025 | 1.00″ Quarter | Radar 1.00″ |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.75″ Baseball | Radar 2.75″ |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 2.25″ Golf Ball | Radar 2.25″ |
| Jun 16, 2025 | 1.50″ Ping Pong Ball | Radar 1.50″ |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 1.75″ Golf Ball | Radar 1.75″ · 1 ground report (max 1.00″) |
| Jul 11, 2022 | 1.25″ Half Dollar | Radar 1.25″ |
| Jul 4, 2022 | 0.75″ Penny | Radar 0.75″ |
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Events count days with NOAA MRMS radar hail over Wounded Knee (43.150, -102.370) or an NWS / CoCoRaHS hail report within 3 miles. Data window: NOAA MRMS radar hail swaths Oct 2021 – Nov 2026; NWS / NCEI Storm Events reports Nov 2024 – Jul 2026; CoCoRaHS volunteer reports Oct 2021 – present. Radar hail sizes are estimates, not ground truth; hail at any single address can differ.