NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bagley, 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 Bagley, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 44 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 44
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
4 deaths in all
What the records show for Bagley
The highest rating among the 44 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2 or EF2, reached 6 times; the most recent, on June 29, 2018, came within 15 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on July 5, 1978, killed 4 people. Of the 44, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 25 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 17. The most recent tornado was on June 24, 2022. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 83% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Bagley. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 60 times since 1971, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 73% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Bagley.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Bagley
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s9
- 2000s14
- 1990s6
- 1980s3
- 1970s4
- 1960s5
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1978 | F2 | 15 mi | 57.5 mi | 4 / 44 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | EF2 | 15 mi | 15.38 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 22, 2013 | EF2 | 7 mi | 21.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 11, 2008 | EF2 | 15 mi | 16 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 5, 1981 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 1960 | F2 | 18 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 2022 | EF1 | 15 mi | 3.82 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 20, 2022 | EF1 | 14 mi | 3.65 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 26, 2018 | EF1 | 17 mi | 25.03 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 26, 2018 | EF1 | 21 mi | 20.94 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 17, 2010 | EF1 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 17, 2010 | EF1 | 22 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 44, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Bagley
The Storm Prediction Center has 60 hail reports within 10 miles of Bagley since 1971, made on 39 separate days. Of these, 36 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on August 14, 2000. The most recent report is from July 9, 2023. July has the most reports, 18.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Bagley
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Itasca Univ Of Minn, MN, 18 miles southeast of Bagley at 1,490 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 79°F and low of 55°F; January is the coolest, at 17°F and -4°F. June is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 27.6 inches over 59 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 198 nights a year. Snowfall averages 51.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 27.6 inches is more than at 26 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (21%). Bemidji, 26 miles east, has its own station (Cass Lake, MN): 26.5 inches a year, 1.1 less than here, and the same July average high, 79°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17 | -4 | 0.8 | 2 | 9.6 |
| Feb | 23 | -2 | 0.7 | 3 | 8.0 |
| Mar | 36 | 12 | 1.2 | 3 | 7.8 |
| Apr | 51 | 26 | 2.0 | 5 | 6.2 |
| May | 65 | 39 | 3.2 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 74 | 51 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 79 | 55 | 3.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 77 | 53 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 68 | 44 | 3.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 52 | 33 | 2.9 | 6 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 35 | 19 | 1.3 | 4 | 9.1 |
| Dec | 22 | 5 | 1.1 | 3 | 9.8 |
| Year | 50 | 28 | 27.6 | 59 | 51.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Itasca Univ Of Minn, MN (1,490 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 Bagley
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 40 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Bagley: 31 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 floods and 4 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on July 21, 2017.
June 20, 2025: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Bagley — $700,000 damage.
NWS: “Ground survey and high resolution satellite confirmed a long swath of widespread destructive straight-line winds estimated between 80 and 90 mph starting across south central Clearwater County north of Highway 200 and south of Highway 2. The swath was 8 miles at its widest and easternmost point in Clearwater County.”
June 20, 2025: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Bagley — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Ground survey and high resolution satellite confirmed a long swath of widespread destructive straight-line winds estimated between 80 and 90 mph across far northern Hubbard County.”
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Bagley's ZIP code 56621 have filed 11 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1997, and were paid $144,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 9% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 120 Minnesota cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 3 have fewer than Bagley.
Clearwater County, which includes Bagley, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1974, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, on July 13, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Clearwater County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $3.1 million a year, the 86th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.5 million (50%), 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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