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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Browerville, 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 Browerville, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 54 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
54

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Browerville

The strongest of the 54 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF4 on June 17, 2010; its path came within 25 miles. Of the 54, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 37 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 18. The most recent tornado was on June 16, 2025. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 78% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Browerville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 33 times since 1972, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 96% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Browerville.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Browerville

By decade

  • 2020s11
  • 2010s11(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s15(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s3
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s5
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Browerville, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 17, 2010EF425 mi10 mi0 / 20
Jun 13, 2001F317 mi12 mi0 / 3
Aug 26, 1977F321 mi26.3 mi0 / 11
May 30, 2022EF215 mi10.47 mi0 / 0
May 30, 2022EF221 mi19.63 mi0 / 0
May 12, 2022EF218 mi18.2 mi0 / 0
Jul 12, 2015EF214 mi12.09 mi0 / 0
Jun 13, 2001F219 mi4 mi0 / 0
Jul 8, 2000F214 mi10 mi0 / 3
Aug 26, 1977F223 mi110.4 mi0 / 10
Jul 18, 1970F222 mi3 mi0 / 5
Jul 10, 1966F215 mi8.5 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 54, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Browerville

The Storm Prediction Center has 33 hail reports within 10 miles of Browerville since 1972, made on 27 separate days. Of these, 20 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on August 3, 2024, the most recent report. July has the most reports, 10.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Browerville

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Long Prairie, MN, 13 miles south of Browerville at 1,340 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 79°F and low of 57°F; January is the coolest, at 18°F and -1°F. June and July are the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 31.0 inches over 62 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 178 nights a year. Snowfall averages 54.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 31.0 inches is more than at 65 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (52%). Staples, 16 miles north, has its own station (Wadena 3 S, MN): 29.4 inches a year, 1.6 less than here, and a July average high of 78°F against 79°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Long Prairie, MN
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan18-11.039.7
Feb2330.939.0
Mar36151.548.6
Apr51282.756.1
May65413.580.2
Jun75534.680.0
Jul79574.680.0
Aug77553.460.0
Sep68463.360.0
Oct54342.961.8
Nov37201.537.1
Dec2371.1311.5
Year503031.06254.0

Averages for 1991–2020 at Long Prairie, MN (1,340 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Browerville

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 18 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Browerville: 17 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 flash flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $612,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on July 19, 2003.

  • June 3, 2024: flash flood 2 miles from the centre of Browerville — $400,000 damage.

    NWS: “Todd County had numerous culverts washed out. The heaviest rain fell north of Clarissa.”

  • June 17, 2018: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Browerville — $150,000 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

Todd County, which includes Browerville, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 9, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Todd County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.7 million a year, the 57th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.3 million (68%), 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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