NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Alexandria, MN
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Alexandria, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 68 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 68
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Alexandria
The strongest of the 68 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF4 on June 17, 2010; its path came within 14 miles, and it killed 1 person. Of the 68, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 39 have come since 2000. May and June have had the most tornadoes, 18 each. The most recent tornado was on May 30, 2022. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 69% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Alexandria. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 73 times since 1955, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 60% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Alexandria.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Alexandria
By decade
- 2020s12
- 2010s16(1 EF3+)
- 2000s11(1 EF3+)
- 1990s9
- 1980s6
- 1970s5
- 1960s6(1 EF3+)
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2010 | EF4 | 14 mi | 39.56 mi | 1 / 5 |
| Jun 13, 2001 | F3 | 20 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jun 18, 1964 | F3 | 13 mi | 6.2 mi | 0 / 13 |
| Aug 15, 1987 | F2 | 20 mi | 1 mi | 1 / 8 |
| May 30, 2022 | EF2 | 5 mi | 19.63 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 1996 | F2 | 5 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jun 1, 1990 | F2 | 5 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F2 | 16 mi | 12.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 18, 1970 | F2 | 11 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 5 |
| May 5, 1965 | F2 | 2 mi | 24.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 7, 1959 | F2 | 8 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1953 | F2 | 22 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 68, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Alexandria
The Storm Prediction Center has 73 hail reports within 10 miles of Alexandria since 1955, made on 60 separate days. Of these, 48 were 1 inch across or larger, and 6 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 12, 1971. The most recent report is from June 28, 2025. June has the most reports, 25.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Alexandria
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Alexandria Municipal Airport, MN, 1 mile southwest of Alexandria at 1,416 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 19°F and 2°F. Highs reach 90°F on about 6 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 167 nights a year. That 24.1 inches is more than at 5 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (4%). Osakis, 13 miles east, has its own station (Long Prairie, MN): 31.0 inches a year, 6.9 more than here, and a July average high of 79°F against 80°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Feb | 24 | 6 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Mar | 37 | 19 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Apr | 52 | 33 | 2.0 | 4 |
| May | 66 | 46 | 3.1 | 6 |
| Jun | 76 | 56 | 3.7 | 7 |
| Jul | 80 | 61 | 4.0 | 7 |
| Aug | 78 | 59 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Sep | 70 | 50 | 2.6 | 5 |
| Oct | 55 | 37 | 2.2 | 5 |
| Nov | 38 | 23 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Dec | 24 | 10 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Year | 52 | 33 | 24.1 | 46 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Alexandria Municipal Airport, MN (1,416 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Alexandria
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 68 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Alexandria: 66 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 flash floods. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $197,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 87 mph, on May 12, 2022.
June 20, 2022: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Alexandria — 1 killed, 1 injured, $25,000 damage.
NWS: “A tree fell on a camper, and unfortunately one of the two individuals inside the camper was killed. The other individual was injured and hospitalized.”
July 15, 1999: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Alexandria — 1 injured.
NWS: “Large trees toppled, one onto a camper; slight injury to man inside. Estimated winds.”
July 15, 2011: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Alexandria — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Two waves of very heavy rainfall occurred between 6 and 8 am, and started causing significant flooding around the communities of Carlos, Alexandria, and Osakis, Minnesota. Nearly 7 inches of rain fell in a short period of time near Osakis, where local officials reported several inches of water over the roadways.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Douglas County, which includes Alexandria, has been named in 14 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 9, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Douglas County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $16.2 million a year, the 39th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.2 million (45%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cities near Alexandria
- Osakis, MN13 mi
- Parkers Prairie, MN19 mi
- Glenwood, MN19 mi
- Sauk Centre, MN23 mi
- Starbuck, MN23 mi
- Long Prairie, MN26 mi
- Henning, MN30 mi
- Melrose, MN32 mi
- Battle Lake, MN32 mi
- Browerville, MN32 mi
- Morris, MN33 mi
- Belgrade, MN36 mi
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