NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bloomington, 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 Bloomington, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 114 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 114
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
21 deaths in all
What the records show for Bloomington
The highest rating among the 114 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on May 6, 1965, came within 21 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 114, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 58 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 27. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Bloomington has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 89% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 385 times since 1956, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Bloomington has more hail reports within 10 miles than 95% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Bloomington
By decade
- 2020s20
- 2010s21
- 2000s17
- 1990s19
- 1980s10(3 EF3+)
- 1970s9
- 1960s14(4 EF3+)
- 1950s4(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 11 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 14 mi | 6.8 mi | 3 / 175 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 21 mi | 12.3 mi | 3 / 175 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 11 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 4 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 14 mi | 5.5 mi | 1 / 52 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 2 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Jul 23, 1987 | F3 | 20 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 21, 2005 | F2 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F2 | 20 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F2 | 25 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 18, 1986 | F2 | 12 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 114, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Bloomington
The Storm Prediction Center has 385 hail reports within 10 miles of Bloomington since 1956, made on 156 separate days. Of these, 234 were 1 inch across or larger, and 25 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on July 8, 1966. The most recent report is from September 21, 2025. May has the most reports, 121.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Bloomington
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Minneapolis/St Paul Airport, MN, 6 miles northeast of Bloomington at 872 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 24°F and 9°F. June is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 31.7 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 13 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 147 nights a year. Snowfall averages 51.2 inches a year, most of it in December. That 31.7 inches is more than at 75 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (60%). Burnsville, 5 miles south, has its own station (Farmington 3 NW, MN): 32.3 inches a year, 0.6 more than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | 9 | 0.9 | 3 | 11.0 |
| Feb | 29 | 13 | 0.9 | 3 | 9.5 |
| Mar | 42 | 25 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.2 |
| Apr | 57 | 38 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.5 |
| May | 69 | 50 | 3.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 79 | 60 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 65 | 4.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 81 | 63 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 54 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 41 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 42 | 28 | 1.6 | 4 | 6.8 |
| Dec | 29 | 15 | 1.2 | 3 | 11.4 |
| Year | 55 | 38 | 31.7 | 62 | 51.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Minneapolis/St Paul Airport, MN (872 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 Bloomington
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 328 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Bloomington: 254 thunderstorm wind reports, 32 flash floods, 28 heavy rain events, 8 lightning strikes and 6 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 11, and the NWS estimated $378.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on May 30, 1998. August has had the most flash floods, 12 of 32. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 302 have had fewer than Bloomington.
May 30, 1998: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Bloomington — 7 injured, $140.0 million damage.
NWS: “Brick wall blown in at retail center. 2000 trees blown down.”
April 22, 2008: lightning strike 6 miles from the centre of Bloomington — 3 injured.
May 30, 1998: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Bloomington — 1 injured, $24.0 million damage.
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 Bloomington's 4 ZIP codes have filed 41 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $295,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 17% 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, 79 have fewer than Bloomington.
Hennepin County, which includes Bloomington, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 floods, 5 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 Hennepin County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively High for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $456.4 million a year, the highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $188.4 million (41%), 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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