NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Brooklyn Park, 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 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 98 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 98
- EF3 or stronger
- 12
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
23 deaths in all
What the records show for Brooklyn Park
The highest rating among the 98 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 6 times; the most recent, on July 3, 1983, came within 8 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 98, 10 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 49 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 28. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Brooklyn Park has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 65% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 391 times since 1960, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Brooklyn Park has more hail reports within 10 miles than 96% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Brooklyn Park
By decade
- 2020s14
- 2010s19
- 2000s16(1 EF3+)
- 1990s16
- 1980s9(4 EF3+)
- 1970s7
- 1960s12(4 EF3+)
- 1950s5(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 5 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 5 mi | 6.8 mi | 3 / 175 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 21 mi | 12.3 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 7 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Jul 3, 1983 | F4 | 8 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 14 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 14 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | 15 mi | 5.96 mi | 1 / 17 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 7 mi | 5.5 mi | 1 / 52 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 16 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Jul 23, 1987 | F3 | in town | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 1958 | F3 | 19 mi | 59.4 mi | 0 / 12 |
The strongest 12 of 98, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Brooklyn Park
The Storm Prediction Center has 391 hail reports within 10 miles of Brooklyn Park since 1960, made on 140 separate days. Of these, 250 were 1 inch across or larger, and 36 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, 115.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Brooklyn Park
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is New Hope, MN, 7 miles south of Brooklyn Park at 910 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 24°F and 7°F. June is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 34.8 inches over 65 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 9 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 156 nights a year. Snowfall averages 54.3 inches a year, most of it in December. That 34.8 inches is more than at 107 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (86%). Fridley, 4 miles east, has its own station (U Of Mn St Paul, MN): 32.8 inches a year, 2.0 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 | 24 | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 10.1 |
| Feb | 29 | 11 | 1.0 | 3 | 10.1 |
| Mar | 42 | 23 | 1.9 | 5 | 9.0 |
| Apr | 57 | 35 | 3.3 | 7 | 5.1 |
| May | 69 | 48 | 4.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 58 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 63 | 4.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 61 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 52 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 57 | 39 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 41 | 26 | 1.9 | 4 | 6.9 |
| Dec | 29 | 14 | 1.4 | 4 | 12.3 |
| Year | 55 | 36 | 34.8 | 65 | 54.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at New Hope, MN (910 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 Brooklyn Park
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 319 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Brooklyn Park: 245 thunderstorm wind reports, 38 heavy rain events, 26 flash floods, 9 lightning strikes and 1 flood. They killed 0 people and injured 11, and the NWS estimated $34.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on July 1, 1997. June has had the most flash floods, 9 of 26. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 290 have had fewer than Brooklyn Park.
May 23, 2007: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Brooklyn Park — 5 injured.
August 6, 1996: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Brooklyn Park — 2 injured.
September 21, 2005: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Brooklyn Park — 2 injured.
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 Brooklyn Park's 3 ZIP codes have filed 15 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1997, and were paid $169,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 27% 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, 20 have fewer than Brooklyn Park.
Hennepin County, which includes Brooklyn Park, 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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Cities near Brooklyn Park
- Brooklyn Center, MN3 mi
- New Hope, MN4 mi
- Fridley, MN4 mi
- Coon Rapids, MN5 mi
- Champlin, MN5 mi
- Maple Grove, MN6 mi
- Columbia Heights, MN6 mi
- Robbinsdale, MN6 mi
- Blaine, MN7 mi
- Golden Valley, MN7 mi
- New Brighton, MN7 mi
- Plymouth, MN8 mi
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