NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cavalier, ND
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 Cavalier, North Dakota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 64 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 64
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Cavalier
The strongest of the 64 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on June 6, 1999; its path came within 11 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on June 24, 1966, killed 1 person. Of the 64, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 42 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 29. The most recent tornado was on May 15, 2025. Cavalier has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 62% of the 37 North Dakota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 59 times since 1962, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 37 North Dakota cities, 51% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Cavalier.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Cavalier
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s11
- 2000s27
- 1990s10(1 EF3+)
- 1980s7
- 1970s3
- 1960s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1999 | F4 | 11 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 2017 | EF2 | 15 mi | 18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 2004 | F2 | 9 mi | 0.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 1985 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 1966 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Jun 24, 2022 | EF1 | 25 mi | 2.24 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 2017 | EF1 | 9 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 19, 2016 | EF1 | 18 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 19, 2016 | EF1 | 8 mi | 5.29 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 27, 2015 | EF1 | 19 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 27, 2015 | EF1 | 20 mi | 0.91 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 3, 2011 | EF1 | 10 mi | 25.32 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 64, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Cavalier
The Storm Prediction Center has 59 hail reports within 10 miles of Cavalier since 1962, made on 38 separate days. Of these, 36 were 1 inch across or larger, and 7 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently June 22, 1992. The most recent report is from August 8, 2020. August has the most reports, 21.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Cavalier
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cavalier 7NW, ND, 5 miles north of Cavalier at 899 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 78°F and low of 57°F; January is the coolest, at 13°F and -4°F. June is the wettest at 3.8 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.3 inches; the year adds up to 20.0 inches over 43 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 192 nights a year. Snowfall averages 39.1 inches a year, most of it in December. That 20.0 inches is more than at 13 of the 31 North Dakota stations used on this site (42%). Langdon, 28 miles west, has its own station (Langdon Exp Farm, ND): 20.8 inches a year, 0.8 more than here, and a July average high of 77°F against 78°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | -4 | 0.3 | 1 | 7.4 |
| Feb | 18 | -1 | 0.3 | 1 | 4.6 |
| Mar | 31 | 13 | 0.7 | 2 | 5.7 |
| Apr | 49 | 29 | 1.1 | 3 | 3.4 |
| May | 65 | 41 | 2.9 | 6 | 0.9 |
| Jun | 74 | 53 | 3.8 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 78 | 57 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 77 | 54 | 2.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 68 | 45 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 52 | 32 | 1.7 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Nov | 34 | 17 | 0.7 | 2 | 5.9 |
| Dec | 20 | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | 8.7 |
| Year | 48 | 28 | 20.0 | 43 | 39.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cavalier 7NW, ND (899 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 Cavalier
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 31 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Cavalier: 27 thunderstorm wind reports and 4 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $10.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on July 6, 2014.
September 20, 2019: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Cavalier — $10.3 million damage.
NWS: “Streets, low spots, rivers, and basements were flooded by 4 to 9 inches of rain over a short duration of time. Cars that got stuck in the flood waters were abandoned where they stalled.”
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 Cavalier's ZIP code 58220 have filed 26 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $163,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1997: 16 claims (62% of all) and $135,000. 85% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 20 North Dakota cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 3 have fewer than Cavalier.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1997 | 16 | $135,000 |
Pembina County, which includes Cavalier, has been named in 38 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 33 of them major disasters (by incident: 24 floods, 11 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Flooding, on July 5, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Pembina County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for hail, strong wind and lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $6.4 million a year, the 25th highest of 53 North Dakota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.9 million (45%), 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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