Gutters, roofing, siding and windows in Cedar Knolls, Apple Valley, MN

• Gutters in Cedar Knolls

  Dakota County averages 34.6 inches of precipitation a year (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). One inch of rain on 1,000 square feet of roof is about 623 gallons of water for the gutters to carry.

• Roofing in Cedar Knolls

  6 of the 33 hail events on record within 5 miles of the center of Cedar Knolls from 2016 through March 31, 2026 had hail 1.5 inches or larger. The National Weather Service counts hail of 1 inch or larger as severe.

• Siding in Cedar Knolls

  The strongest thunderstorm wind on record within 5 miles of the center of Cedar Knolls from 2016 through September 22, 2025 was 64 mph. The National Weather Service counts a thunderstorm wind of 58 mph or more as severe.

• Windows in Cedar Knolls

  29% of homes in ZIP code 55124 were built before 1980. A home built before 1980 was built before the energy codes in force today were written.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (hail events through March 31, 2026; thunderstorm-wind and tornado events through September 22, 2025); American Community Survey 2023, 5-year; NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals.

Cedar Knolls is a neighborhood in Apple Valley, in Dakota County. Its mapped center is about 1.6 miles east of the center of Apple Valley. From our Farmington office it is about 8.4 miles to the north. The center of Cedar Knolls is in ZIP code 55124. The name and location come from OpenStreetMap.

Cedar Knolls is part of Apple Valley, and the city-level record applies to it: Apple Valley has 55,696 residents in 21,471 households (American Community Survey 2023, 5-year).

The nearest other mapped neighborhoods, measured center to center, are Scott Highlands (less than 1 mile west), Redwood (2.9 miles west), Old Town (3.7 miles southwest), Morris Park (10 miles north), Highland Park (11 miles north) and Wenonah (11 miles north).

Source: neighborhood names, centers and boundaries: OpenStreetMap; distances are straight lines between mapped centers.

Our data has no housing figures for Cedar Knolls on its own. The figures below are for ZIP code 55124, which contains the center of Cedar Knolls; a ZIP code usually takes in more than one neighborhood.

ZIP code 55124 has 21,894 housing units (American Community Survey 2023, 5-year).

The median home in ZIP code 55124 was built in 1990. 29% of homes in ZIP code 55124 were built before 1980, and 27% were built in 2000 or later. The most common building period is 1990–1999, with 5,073 homes.

73% of occupied homes in ZIP code 55124 are owner-occupied. The median owner-occupied home in ZIP code 55124 is valued at $354,200. Among occupied homes in ZIP code 55124, 83% heat with utility gas, 14% with electricity and 2% with bottled or tank gas.

• More about ZIP code 55124

Source: American Community Survey 2023, 5-year (tables B25024, B25034, B25035, B25003, B25077, B25040), for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 55124 (not for Cedar Knolls alone).

The NOAA Storm Events Database records 33 hail events, 18 thunderstorm-wind events and 5 tornadoes within 5 miles of the center of Cedar Knolls from 2016 through March 31, 2026 for hail and through September 22, 2025 for thunderstorm wind and tornadoes. The largest hail on record there in that period was 1.75 inches on July 3, 2023, near Apple Valley. 6 of those hail events had hail 1.5 inches or larger.

The closest event to the center of Cedar Knolls was 1 in hail on May 11, 2022, 1.6 miles away near Apple Valley. The most recent hail event within 5 miles of the center of Cedar Knolls was on August 15, 2025: 1 in hail near Burnsville. The most recent thunderstorm-wind event within 5 miles of the center of Cedar Knolls was on July 28, 2025, near Rosemount. The strongest thunderstorm wind recorded within 5 miles of the center of Cedar Knolls in that period was 64 mph. The busiest year was 2022, with 9 events in all.

Apart from those database entries, NOAA weather radar indicated hail of 1 inch or larger over Apple Valley on 1 day from January 2025 on, most recently August 15, 2025. A radar indication is an estimate, not a report from the ground, and the counts and tables on this page do not include it.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (hail events through March 31, 2026; thunderstorm-wind and tornado events through September 22, 2025); NOAA MRMS radar hail estimates (for the city of Apple Valley).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (hail events through March 31, 2026; thunderstorm-wind and tornado events through September 22, 2025).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (hail events through March 31, 2026; thunderstorm-wind and tornado events through September 22, 2025).

Cedar Knolls is in Dakota County, so the county ratings below apply to it. Dakota County scores 97.5 of 100 for hail in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 3rd of 87 Minnesota counties. Dakota County scores 99.4 of 100 for strong wind in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 1st of 87 Minnesota counties. Dakota County scores 91.9 of 100 for winter weather in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 9th of 87 Minnesota counties. Of the perils listed here, the highest score in Dakota County is for strong wind, at 99.4 of 100.

Dakota County averages 34.6 inches of precipitation a year (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The average annual temperature in Dakota County is 45.7°F.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, 2026 release; rank among the state's counties computed from the scores; NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals.

Our Farmington office is at 821 3rd St, Farmington, MN 55024, about 8.4 miles from Cedar Knolls. Its hours are Monday–Friday 7:00 AM–7:00 PM. You can reach that office at (651) 998-8500.

• Farmington office: address, hours and map