NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Belgrade, 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 Belgrade, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 94 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 94
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Belgrade
The strongest of the 94 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on May 5, 1964; its path came within 12 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on May 15, 1998, killed 1 person. Of the 94, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 51 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 23. The most recent tornado was on May 15, 2025. Belgrade has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 58% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 47 times since 1980, with stones up to 3.25 inches. Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 87% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Belgrade.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Belgrade
By decade
- 2020s11
- 2010s28
- 2000s12
- 1990s13
- 1980s4
- 1970s7
- 1960s11(1 EF3+)
- 1950s8
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1964 | F3 | 12 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 2009 | EF2 | 19 mi | 7.86 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 1996 | F2 | 18 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Sep 3, 1980 | F2 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1958 | F2 | 21 mi | 13.3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Aug 15, 1954 | F2 | 21 mi | 7.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1952 | F2 | 19 mi | 8.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1998 | F1 | 23 mi | 9 mi | 1 / 30 |
| Aug 3, 2024 | EF1 | 13 mi | 5.36 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 2020 | EF1 | 16 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 19, 2017 | EF1 | 7 mi | 8.18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 19, 2017 | EF1 | 14 mi | 9.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 94, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Belgrade
The Storm Prediction Center has 47 hail reports within 10 miles of Belgrade since 1980, made on 33 separate days. Of these, 21 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.25 inches, fell on July 13, 2023, the most recent report. June has the most reports, 15.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Belgrade
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is New London, MN, 11 miles south of Belgrade at 1,250 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 20°F and 1°F. June is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and January and December the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 31.5 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 10 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 165 nights a year. Snowfall averages 50.2 inches a year, most of it in January. That 31.5 inches is more than at 71 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (57%). Melrose, 16 miles northeast, has its own station (Melrose, MN): 29.0 inches a year, 2.5 less than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | 1 | 0.9 | 3 | 10.3 |
| Feb | 25 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 9.1 |
| Mar | 38 | 17 | 1.8 | 4 | 8.4 |
| Apr | 54 | 31 | 3.1 | 6 | 4.7 |
| May | 68 | 46 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 57 | 4.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 61 | 4.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 59 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 50 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 57 | 35 | 2.6 | 6 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 39 | 22 | 1.6 | 3 | 9.0 |
| Dec | 25 | 9 | 0.9 | 3 | 7.9 |
| Year | 53 | 33 | 31.5 | 61 | 50.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at New London, MN (1,250 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 Belgrade
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 43 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Belgrade: 41 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 heavy rain events. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 82 mph, on July 3, 2003.
September 19, 2017: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Belgrade — $1.0 million damage.
September 19, 2017: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Belgrade — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “A large shed lost part of its roof, a grain bin was dented in, other outbuildings were damaged, a few dozen trees were broken, and a few cornfields were damaged. This was all southeast of a tornado that tracked from west to northeast of Elrosa, and was deemed to be due to rear flank downdraft winds.”
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
Stearns County, which includes Belgrade, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on July 8, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Stearns County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding; Relatively Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $78.9 million a year, the 8th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $48.4 million (61%), 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 Belgrade
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