Historical hail archive: January 2016–December 2025. NOAA radar estimates within 25 miles of each city centre. ZIP matches use the first three digits; this is not a property-level report or a live alert service. Coverage and source.
2 tracked areas · 2016–2025
Hail damage in South Dakota
Across the South Dakota areas we track, radar has recorded 527 hail days, 204 of them at golf-ball size or larger. Biggest stone: 4.00 in (10.2 cm) on July 20, 2025 near Rapid City.
Data last refreshed: · source: NOAA NCEI Severe Weather Data Inventory
South Dakota areas by exposure
| City | County | RoofTake Score | Hail days | ≥1.75 in | Biggest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid City | Pennington County | 84 | 331 | 156 | 10.2 cm |
| Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | 63 | 196 | 48 | 9.5 cm |
How the RoofTake Score is calculated — the formula and its weights are published in full.
When it hails in South Dakota
Own a roof in South Dakota?
- Check your ZIP code and see how many hits your area has taken.
- Work out what your roof has been through since you bought the house — and print it for the adjuster.
- Run the eight-question roof condition check.
- Before you touch the insurance, work out whether filing pays you anything at all.
Common questions
Which city in South Dakota gets the most hail?
Of the areas we track, Rapid City has the highest RoofTake Score (84 out of 100). The ranking is by exposure, not by damage — damage depends on what was standing under the storm.
When is hail season in South Dakota?
The busiest month in our record is July. The season is short and the risk is not spread evenly — most of the annual exposure arrives in a few weeks.
Do you cover the whole of South Dakota?
No. We publish 2 areas in South Dakota, because a page with real numbers is worth something and a thousand pages with the same sentence are not. Yours missing? Tell us and we will queue it.
Roofers who work in South Dakota
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