NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Blaine, 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 Blaine, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 94 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 11 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 94
- EF3 or stronger
- 11
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
20 deaths in all
What the records show for Blaine
The highest rating among the 94 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 5 times; the most recent, on July 3, 1983, came within 6 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 94, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 48 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 29. The most recent tornado was on August 29, 2024. Blaine has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 58% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 265 times since 1960, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Blaine has more hail reports within 10 miles than 89% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Blaine
By decade
- 2020s9
- 2010s18
- 2000s21(1 EF3+)
- 1990s15
- 1980s9(4 EF3+)
- 1970s6
- 1960s10(3 EF3+)
- 1950s6(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 5 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 3 mi | 6.8 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 7 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Jul 3, 1983 | F4 | 6 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 21 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 20 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | 9 mi | 5.96 mi | 1 / 17 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 5 mi | 5.5 mi | 1 / 52 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 15 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Jul 23, 1987 | F3 | 6 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 1958 | F3 | 14 mi | 59.4 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Sep 16, 2006 | F2 | 12 mi | 8 mi | 1 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 94, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Blaine
The Storm Prediction Center has 265 hail reports within 10 miles of Blaine since 1960, made on 107 separate days. Of these, 171 were 1 inch across or larger, and 24 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on August 11, 1963. The most recent report is from August 15, 2025. May has the most reports, 69.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Blaine
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Andover 1N, MN, 7 miles northwest of Blaine at 899 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 22°F and 2°F. July is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 28.8 inches over 59 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 10 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 172 nights a year. Snowfall averages 44.1 inches a year, most of it in December. That 28.8 inches is more than at 37 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (30%). Lino Lakes, 4 miles east, has its own station (Vadnais Lake, MN): 33.1 inches a year, 4.3 more than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 5.1 |
| Feb | 28 | 7 | 0.8 | 3 | 9.6 |
| Mar | 41 | 19 | 1.4 | 4 | 6.3 |
| Apr | 56 | 32 | 2.9 | 6 | 5.7 |
| May | 68 | 45 | 3.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 55 | 3.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 60 | 4.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 57 | 3.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 48 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 36 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 41 | 23 | 1.4 | 3 | 4.3 |
| Dec | 27 | 11 | 1.0 | 4 | 12.4 |
| Year | 54 | 33 | 28.8 | 59 | 44.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Andover 1N, MN (899 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 Blaine
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 227 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Blaine: 181 thunderstorm wind reports, 20 heavy rain events, 17 flash floods, 7 lightning strikes and 2 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 12, and the NWS estimated $8.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on July 1, 1997. September has had the most flash floods, 6 of 17. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 266 have had fewer than Blaine.
July 1, 2011: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Blaine — 6 injured, $500,000 damage.
August 6, 1996: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Blaine — 2 injured.
September 21, 2005: lightning strike 1 mile from the centre of Blaine — 2 injured.
NWS: “Two people sustained minor injuries when lightning struck a nearby tree.”
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
Anoka County, which includes Blaine, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 7, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Anoka County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for strong wind; Relatively High for hail and lightning; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $127.5 million a year, the 4th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $85.4 million (67%), 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 Blaine
- Coon Rapids, MN4 mi
- Lino Lakes, MN4 mi
- Fridley, MN5 mi
- New Brighton, MN6 mi
- Brooklyn Park, MN7 mi
- Andover, MN7 mi
- Shoreview, MN7 mi
- Champlin, MN8 mi
- Columbia Heights, MN8 mi
- Brooklyn Center, MN9 mi
- Vadnais Heights, MN9 mi
- New Hope, MN10 mi
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