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.
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 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
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 52
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Braham
The strongest of the 52 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on May 21, 1957; its path came within 16 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on June 10, 1968, killed 1 person. Of the 52, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 25 have come since 2000. June and July have had the most tornadoes, 15 each. The most recent tornado was on August 29, 2024. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 80% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Braham. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 61 times since 1977, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 71% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Braham.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Braham
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s8
- 2000s13
- 1990s10
- 1980s6
- 1970s1
- 1960s6
- 1950s4(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1957 | F4 | 16 mi | 9.2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 17, 2010 | EF2 | 16 mi | 7.82 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 21, 1995 | F2 | 13 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 1981 | F2 | 16 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 5, 1965 | F2 | 21 mi | 14.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 10, 1968 | F1 | 6 mi | 0.3 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Sep 16, 1955 | F1 | 11 mi | 10.4 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Aug 29, 2024 | EF1 | 18 mi | 9.63 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 2022 | EF1 | 24 mi | 3.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 17, 2020 | EF1 | 6 mi | 2.96 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 26, 2019 | EF1 | 17 mi | 2.31 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 6, 2017 | EF1 | 23 mi | 8.78 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 52, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Braham
The Storm Prediction Center has 61 hail reports within 10 miles of Braham since 1977, made on 36 separate days. Of these, 43 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on June 29, 2015. The most recent report is from August 11, 2023. June has the most reports, 19.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Braham
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cambridge, MN, 12 miles south of Braham at 965 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 22°F and 4°F. June and July are the wettest at 4.2 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 29.6 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 5 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 171 nights a year. Snowfall averages 44.1 inches a year, most of it in December. That 29.6 inches is more than at 51 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (41%). Rush City, 11 miles east, has its own station (Grantsburg, WI): 34.1 inches a year, 4.5 more than here, and the same July average high, 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22 | 4 | 0.7 | 3 | 5.4 |
| Feb | 27 | 7 | 0.7 | 2 | 10.0 |
| Mar | 40 | 20 | 1.4 | 4 | 7.4 |
| Apr | 56 | 34 | 2.7 | 6 | 4.0 |
| May | 69 | 46 | 3.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 77 | 57 | 4.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 61 | 4.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 58 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 50 | 3.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 37 | 2.8 | 6 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 41 | 25 | 1.6 | 3 | 4.5 |
| Dec | 27 | 11 | 1.0 | 3 | 12.3 |
| Year | 54 | 34 | 29.6 | 61 | 44.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cambridge, MN (965 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 Braham
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 57 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Braham: 52 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 heavy rain events and 1 flash flood. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 18, 2001.
May 6, 1999: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Braham — 1 injured.
NWS: “Mobile home blown over. One person injured.”
July 1, 2011: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Braham — $250,000 damage.
July 19, 2019: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Braham — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “The bow echo that moved across Pine County, continued to intensify. It moved from the northern part of Chisago County, southeast into Polk County in Wisconsin.”
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
Isanti County, which includes Braham, has been named in 10 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 7, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Isanti County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and lightning; Very Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $15.3 million a year, the 42nd highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $9.5 million (62%), 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 Braham
- Stanchfield, MN5 mi
- Cambridge, MN11 mi
- Rush City, MN11 mi
- Mora, MN13 mi
- Harris, MN13 mi
- Pine City, MN14 mi
- Ogilvie, MN14 mi
- Brook Park, MN17 mi
- Isanti, MN18 mi
- North Branch, MN18 mi
- Princeton, MN21 mi
- Milaca, MN21 mi
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