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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Braham, MN

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Braham, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 52 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
52

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

2 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Braham

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s8
  • 2000s13
  • 1990s10
  • 1980s6
  • 1970s1
  • 1960s6
  • 1950s4(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Braham, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 21, 1957F416 mi9.2 mi0 / 2
Jun 17, 2010EF216 mi7.82 mi0 / 2
Jul 21, 1995F213 mi10 mi0 / 0
Jun 13, 1981F216 mi2 mi0 / 0
May 5, 1965F221 mi14.3 mi0 / 0
Jun 10, 1968F16 mi0.3 mi1 / 2
Sep 16, 1955F111 mi10.4 mi1 / 0
Aug 29, 2024EF118 mi9.63 mi0 / 0
May 30, 2022EF124 mi3.3 mi0 / 0
Jul 17, 2020EF16 mi2.96 mi0 / 0
Aug 26, 2019EF117 mi2.31 mi0 / 0
Mar 6, 2017EF123 mi8.78 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 52, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Braham while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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