Gutters, roofing, siding and windows in Parkwood Knolls, Edina, MN

• Gutters in Parkwood Knolls

  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 Parkwood Knolls

  6 of the 19 hail events on record within 5 miles of the center of Parkwood 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 Parkwood Knolls

  The strongest thunderstorm wind on record within 5 miles of the center of Parkwood Knolls 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 Parkwood Knolls

  66% of homes in ZIP code 55436 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.

Parkwood Knolls is a district in Edina, in Hennepin County. Its mapped center is about 1.8 miles northwest of the center of Edina. From our Farmington office it is about 22 miles to the northwest. Its mapped boundary covers about 1 square miles. The center of Parkwood Knolls is in ZIP code 55436. The name and location come from OpenStreetMap.

Parkwood Knolls 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 Bredesen Park (less than 1 mile south), Presidents (less than 1 mile north), Indian Hills (1.5 miles south), Creek Valley (1.6 miles southeast), Indian Trails (2 miles south) and Normandale Park (2.1 miles southeast).

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

Our data has no housing figures for Parkwood Knolls on its own. The figures below are for ZIP code 55436, which contains the center of Parkwood Knolls; a ZIP code usually takes in more than one neighborhood.

ZIP code 55436 has 6,449 housing units (American Community Survey 2023, 5-year).

The median home in ZIP code 55436 was built in 1973. 66% of homes in ZIP code 55436 were built before 1980, and 18% were built in 2000 or later. The most common building period is 1970–1979, with 1,404 homes.

75% of occupied homes in ZIP code 55436 are owner-occupied. The median owner-occupied home in ZIP code 55436 is valued at $595,500. Among occupied homes in ZIP code 55436, 83% heat with utility gas, 14% with electricity, 1% with bottled or tank gas and 1% with fuel oil.

• More about ZIP code 55436

Source: American Community Survey 2023, 5-year (tables B25024, B25034, B25035, B25003, B25077, B25040), for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 55436 (not for Parkwood Knolls alone).

The NOAA Storm Events Database records 19 hail events, 20 thunderstorm-wind events and no tornadoes within 5 miles of the center of Parkwood 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 2 inches on September 21, 2025, near Minnetonka. 6 of those hail events had hail 1.5 inches or larger.

The closest event to the center of Parkwood Knolls was 70 mph wind on August 29, 2024, 1 mile away near Hopkins. The most recent hail event within 5 miles of the center of Parkwood Knolls was on September 21, 2025: 1 in hail near Minnetonka. The most recent thunderstorm-wind event within 5 miles of the center of Parkwood Knolls was on July 28, 2025, near Edina. The busiest year was 2024, 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).

Parkwood Knolls 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 22 miles from Parkwood 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