Wind gust 64 mph
5 NE Brainerd Crow Wing County
“A gust to 64 mph was recorded by the Brainerd Airport ASOS station KBRD. (DLH)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Brainerd Jun 29, 2026
Hit 35 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 12 hail signatures up to 2.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
Largest hailstone
2.25"
≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
1,440
Ground reports
1
1 windThe most severe storm Brainerd has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.2 /10
- Hail size
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 63 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Brainerd saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
2.25"
Detections
12
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1"
Where Jun 29, 2026 sits in Brainerd's hail record
This was Brainerd's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Jun 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Brainerd at 2.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Brainerd: the same system put hail over 702 other tracked cities, 240 of them in Minnesota. Nearest: Pierz (11 miles south, up to 0.5"); Hillman (11 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Deerwood (15 miles north, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Brainerd's Jun 29, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
What people on the ground reported
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
Wind reports
1 reportWhat 2.25" hail means for Brainerd roofs
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$17M
Potential roof exposure — 1,440 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
7 jobs
Illustrative work
~$105K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Brainerd on the live map
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Brainerd hail history
← All hail in Brainerd 6 recorded storm days in Brainerd, MN
Other storms in Brainerd
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 19, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 26, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 23, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.