NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Carver, 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 Carver, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 113 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 113
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
19 deaths in all
What the records show for Carver
The highest rating among the 113 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on May 6, 1965, came within 6 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 113, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 52 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 31. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Carver has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 88% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 176 times since 1962, with stones up to 3.25 inches. Carver has more hail reports within 10 miles than 78% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Carver
By decade
- 2020s17
- 2010s18
- 2000s17
- 1990s25(1 EF3+)
- 1980s14(1 EF3+)
- 1970s5
- 1960s13(4 EF3+)
- 1950s4(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 22 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 6 mi | 12.3 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 24 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 10 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 15 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 20 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F3 | 25 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1965 | F3 | 23 mi | 15.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1965 | F2 | 12 mi | 11.2 mi | 1 / 175 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F2 | 24 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F2 | 22 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F2 | 22 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 2 |
The strongest 12 of 113, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Carver
The Storm Prediction Center has 176 hail reports within 10 miles of Carver since 1962, made on 93 separate days. Of these, 93 were 1 inch across or larger, and 15 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.25 inches, fell on June 16, 2025. The most recent report is from August 15, 2025. June has the most reports, 47.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Carver
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Chaska 2NW, MN, 5 miles north of Carver at 923 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 23°F and 4°F. June is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 34.2 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 161 nights a year. Snowfall averages 51.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 34.2 inches is more than at 101 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (81%). Jordan, 6 miles south, has its own station (Jordan 1SSW, MN): 33.6 inches a year, 0.6 less than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 4 | 0.9 | 2 | 7.8 |
| Feb | 27 | 7 | 0.9 | 3 | 11.4 |
| Mar | 40 | 19 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.0 |
| Apr | 56 | 33 | 3.2 | 7 | 4.0 |
| May | 68 | 44 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 56 | 5.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 60 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 58 | 4.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 50 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 36 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 41 | 24 | 1.7 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Dec | 28 | 12 | 1.3 | 5 | 16.6 |
| Year | 55 | 34 | 34.2 | 61 | 51.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Chaska 2NW, MN (923 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 Carver
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 199 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Carver: 142 thunderstorm wind reports, 33 heavy rain events, 18 flash floods and 6 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $16.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 83 mph, on June 19, 2012. June has had the most flash floods, 8 of 18. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 270 have had fewer than Carver.
May 30, 1998: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Carver — 2 injured, $9.2 million damage.
May 15, 1998: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Carver — $5.0 million damage.
March 19, 2007: flood 3 miles from the centre of Carver — $900,000 damage.
NWS: “High water from an ice jam along the Minnesota River undermined a railroad bridge over a slough near Gifford Lake, northeast of Jordan. Five boxcars fell when the bridge collapsed.”
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 Carver's ZIP code 55315 have filed 23 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $62,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Midwest Flooding in 1993: 10 claims (43% of all) and $5,008. 57% 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, 51 have fewer than Carver.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Midwest Flooding1993 | 10 | $5,008 |
Carver County, which includes Carver, has been named in 17 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on June 28, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Carver County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and hail; Relatively Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $41.4 million a year, the 12th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $18.0 million (43%), 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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