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Dane County has taken 152 damaging hail events in 10 years. Your roof coverage matters more here than most places.
Hail and wind in Dane County
Roof claims are what most homeowners here actually end up filing, and roof coverage is where policies differ most. Some pay to replace a damaged roof; others pay its depreciated value, which on an older roof can be a fraction of what a new one costs. A separate, larger wind and hail deductible is common.
Over the last 10 years, Dane County recorded 152 hail events of one inch or larger — the size at which hail starts doing damage worth claiming — along with 117 damaging wind events and 12 tornadoes. The largest hail recorded measured 2.50 inches.
Hail events of 1 inch or more, by year
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, Dane County, through 2025.