Gutters, roofing, siding and windows in ZIP code 55396, Winthrop, MN

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  13 of the 21 hail events on record within 10 miles of the center of ZIP code 55396 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.

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  The strongest thunderstorm wind on record within 10 miles of the center of ZIP code 55396 from 2016 through September 22, 2025 was 81 mph. The National Weather Service counts a thunderstorm wind of 58 mph or more as severe.

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  79% of homes in ZIP code 55396 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.

ZIP code 55396 is filed here under Winthrop, in Sibley County, Minnesota; its center is about 61 miles west of our Farmington office. Our address file holds 1,115 address points in ZIP code 55396. Of the cities and towns on our pages, ZIP code 55396 covers only Winthrop.

Source: Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area, county and place boundaries (a ZIP code can also take in land outside any city or town).

ZIP code 55396 has 1,047 housing units, and 89% of them are single-family detached homes (American Community Survey 2023, 5-year). Another 2% are attached homes such as townhomes. Mobile homes make up 2% of the housing units.

The median home in ZIP code 55396 was built in 1955. 79% of homes in ZIP code 55396 were built before 1980, and 12% were built in 2000 or later. The most common building period is 1939 or earlier, with 372 homes.

84% of occupied homes in ZIP code 55396 are owner-occupied. The median owner-occupied home in ZIP code 55396 is valued at $188,000. Among occupied homes in ZIP code 55396, 60% heat with utility gas, 6% with electricity, 21% with bottled or tank gas, 8% with fuel oil and 3% with wood.

Source: American Community Survey 2023, 5-year (tables B25024, B25034, B25035, B25003, B25077, B25040), for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 55396.

The nearest other ZIP codes we serve, measured center to center, are 56054 in Lafayette (7.5 miles south), 55334 in Gaylord (7.9 miles east), 55335 in Gibbon (8.9 miles west), 55312 in Brownton (11 miles north), 55307 in Arlington (14 miles east) and 55385 in Stewart (15 miles northwest). The table sets ZIP code 55396 beside the 8 ZIP codes nearest to it, using the same Census figures for each.

Source: American Community Survey 2023, 5-year, by ZIP Code Tabulation Area; distances are straight lines between ZIP code centers.

The NOAA Storm Events Database records 21 hail events, 16 thunderstorm-wind events and 6 tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of ZIP code 55396 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 4 inches on July 9, 2017, near Lafayette. 13 of those hail events had hail 1.5 inches or larger.

The closest event to the center of ZIP code 55396 was 1.5 in hail on May 30, 2022, less than 1 mile away near Winthrop. The most recent hail event within 10 miles of the center of ZIP code 55396 was on August 3, 2024: 1 in hail near Gibbon. The most recent thunderstorm-wind event within 10 miles of the center of ZIP code 55396 was on July 28, 2025, near Gaylord. The strongest thunderstorm wind recorded within 10 miles of the center of ZIP code 55396 in that period was 81 mph. The busiest year was 2017, with 11 events in all.

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).

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

This page is filed under Winthrop, which is in Sibley County; the ratings below are that county's. Sibley County scores 69 of 100 for hail in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 46th of 87 Minnesota counties. Sibley County scores 75.7 of 100 for strong wind in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 28th of 87 Minnesota counties. Sibley County scores 42.2 of 100 for winter weather in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 74th of 87 Minnesota counties. Of the perils listed here, the highest score in Sibley County is for tornado, at 88.1 of 100.

The average annual temperature in Sibley County is 45.5°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 61 miles from the center of ZIP code 55396. Its hours are Monday–Friday 7:00 AM–7:00 PM. You can reach that office at (651) 998-8500.

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