Gutters, roofing, siding and windows in Parklawn, Edina, MN

• Gutters in Parklawn

  Hennepin County averages 32.8 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 Parklawn

  1 of the 16 hail events on record within 5 miles of the center of Parklawn 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 Parklawn

  The strongest thunderstorm wind on record within 5 miles of the center of Parklawn from 2016 through September 22, 2025 was 70 mph. The National Weather Service counts a thunderstorm wind of 58 mph or more as severe.

• Windows in Parklawn

  63% of homes in ZIP code 55435 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.

Parklawn is a district in Edina, in Hennepin County. Its mapped center is about 1.9 miles southeast of the center of Edina. From our Farmington office it is about 19 miles to the northwest. Its mapped boundary covers about 0.2 square miles. The center of Parklawn is in ZIP code 55435. The name and location come from OpenStreetMap.

Parklawn is part of Edina, and the city-level record applies to it: Edina has 53,125 residents in 22,805 households (American Community Survey 2023, 5-year).

The nearest other mapped neighborhoods, measured center to center, are Brookview Heights (1.1 miles northwest), Normandale Park (1.6 miles northwest), Dewey Hill (1.6 miles west), The Heights (1.7 miles northwest), Prospect Knolls (1.7 miles west) and Creek Valley (2.3 miles northwest).

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

Our data has no housing figures for Parklawn on its own. The figures below are for ZIP code 55435, which contains the center of Parklawn; a ZIP code usually takes in more than one neighborhood.

ZIP code 55435 has 8,218 housing units (American Community Survey 2023, 5-year).

The median home in ZIP code 55435 was built in 1976. 63% of homes in ZIP code 55435 were built before 1980, and 16% were built in 2000 or later. The most common building period is 1970–1979, with 2,536 homes.

48% of occupied homes in ZIP code 55435 are owner-occupied. The median owner-occupied home in ZIP code 55435 is valued at $340,600. Among occupied homes in ZIP code 55435, 66% heat with utility gas, 29% with electricity, 1% with bottled or tank gas and 2% with fuel oil.

• More about ZIP code 55435

Source: American Community Survey 2023, 5-year (tables B25024, B25034, B25035, B25003, B25077, B25040), for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 55435 (not for Parklawn alone).

The NOAA Storm Events Database records 16 hail events, 21 thunderstorm-wind events and no tornadoes within 5 miles of the center of Parklawn 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 August 10, 2020, near Edina. 1 of those hail events had hail 1.5 inches or larger.

The closest event to the center of Parklawn was 64 mph wind on September 21, 2016, 1 mile away near Edina. The most recent hail event within 5 miles of the center of Parklawn was on October 24, 2023: 1 in hail near Bloomington. The most recent thunderstorm-wind event within 5 miles of the center of Parklawn was on July 28, 2025, near Richfield. The strongest thunderstorm wind recorded within 5 miles of the center of Parklawn in that period was 70 mph. The busiest year was 2020, with 10 events in all.

Apart from those database entries, NOAA weather radar indicated hail of 1 inch or larger over Edina on 3 days from January 2025 on, most recently September 22, 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 Edina).

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).

Parklawn is in Hennepin County, so the county ratings below apply to it. Hennepin County scores 99.6 of 100 for hail in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 1st of 87 Minnesota counties. Hennepin County scores 98.9 of 100 for strong wind in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 2nd of 87 Minnesota counties. Hennepin County scores 97.4 of 100 for winter weather in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 3rd of 87 Minnesota counties. Of the perils listed here, the highest score in Hennepin County is for cold wave, at 99.8 of 100.

Hennepin County averages 32.8 inches of precipitation a year (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The average annual temperature in Hennepin County is 45.2°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 19 miles from Parklawn. 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