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The free Minnesota hail map: was your home hit?
Check radar-estimated hail near your address, learn your claim deadline, and tell a legitimate roofer from a storm chaser: all from NOAA radar and state public records.
Latest storm:Tuesday, August 18, 2026: Winona area, up to 2.48" hail →After the storm
Three problems, one site
After a storm you face three questions: was my house actually hit, what are my rights and deadlines, and who can I trust to fix it? The answers are in government data. We just make them readable.
Look up your address
Type your address and see every radar-detected hail event over your property since 2011: size, date, and distance, straight from NOAA data.
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Know your deadline
Minnesota policies often give you two years to sue your insurer: but many carriers have cut hail claims to one. Find the clause and start your clock.
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Know your rights
RCV vs. ACV, the two-check system, the deductible-waiver ban, your 72-hour cancellation right: each with the statute cited.
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Why trust this site?
Public radar data
MN Hail Buddy is built by a Minnesota attorney with a professional habit of checking sources. Every hail event shown here comes from NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory, a public federal radar archive, with its limitations disclosed. Every legal statement cites the Minnesota statute so you can check it yourself.
What radar can and cannot show
Radar is probabilistic: it shows estimated hail size aloft, not confirmed damage on your shingles. We say that on every report, because the honest answer is the useful one: and it's also how you spot a storm chaser who says otherwise.