NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Dundas, 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 Dundas, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 129 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 129
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
13 deaths in all
What the records show for Dundas
The highest rating among the 129 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 30, 1967, came within 22 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on April 30, 1967, killed 6 people. Of the 129, 10 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 67 have come since 2000. May and September have had the most tornadoes, 24 each. The most recent tornado was on August 29, 2025. Dundas has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 98% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 119 times since 1968, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Dundas has more hail reports within 10 miles than 65% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Dundas
By decade
- 2020s18
- 2010s36
- 2000s13(1 EF3+)
- 1990s29
- 1980s8(2 EF3+)
- 1970s6
- 1960s16(2 EF3+)
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 1967 | F4 | 24 mi | 20.1 mi | 6 / 22 |
| Apr 30, 1967 | F4 | 22 mi | 38.7 mi | 5 / 35 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F3 | 22 mi | 33 mi | 1 / 37 |
| Jul 27, 1987 | F3 | 2 mi | 30 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 17, 1982 | F3 | 17 mi | 46 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 20, 2018 | EF2 | 7 mi | 2.95 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 20, 2018 | EF2 | 13 mi | 4.94 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 9, 2001 | F2 | 5 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F2 | 9 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F2 | 6 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F2 | 17 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Sep 6, 1995 | F2 | 13 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 129, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Dundas
The Storm Prediction Center has 119 hail reports within 10 miles of Dundas since 1968, made on 65 separate days. Of these, 80 were 1 inch across or larger, and 13 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on June 22, 2016. The most recent report is from August 27, 2025. June has the most reports, 37.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Dundas
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Faribault, MN, 8 miles south of Dundas at 970 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 23°F and 5°F. June is the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 35.5 inches over 66 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 168 nights a year. Snowfall averages 43.3 inches a year, most of it in February. That 35.5 inches is more than at 112 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (90%). Elko New Market, 12 miles northwest, has its own station (Farmington 3 NW, MN): 32.3 inches a year, 3.2 less than here, and the same July average high, 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 9.4 |
| Feb | 28 | 8 | 1.0 | 3 | 10.6 |
| Mar | 40 | 20 | 1.9 | 4 | 6.4 |
| Apr | 56 | 33 | 3.1 | 7 | 1.6 |
| May | 68 | 45 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 78 | 57 | 5.6 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 61 | 4.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 58 | 4.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 50 | 3.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 59 | 36 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 42 | 24 | 1.7 | 4 | 4.9 |
| Dec | 29 | 13 | 1.2 | 4 | 10.1 |
| Year | 55 | 34 | 35.5 | 66 | 43.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Faribault, MN (970 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 Dundas
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 109 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Dundas: 79 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 heavy rain events, 11 flash floods, 5 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $2.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 110 mph, on September 20, 2018. June has had the most flash floods, 6 of 11. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 231 have had fewer than Dundas.
September 3, 2005: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Dundas — 3 injured.
July 13, 2013: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Dundas — $2.0 million damage.
August 16, 2002: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Dundas — $150,000 damage.
NWS: “Roof off house, three barns down, roofs off three storage buildings, one storage building blown 1/4 mile, garage collapsed, several hundred trees downed. A 56 knot gust was measured in downtown Northfield at the Public Safety Building, with 40 to 50 knot winds persisting for another 10 minutes.”
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
Rice County, which includes Dundas, has been named in 14 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on June 28, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Rice County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and inland flooding; Relatively Low for lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $36.7 million a year, the 15th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $18.5 million (50%), 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 Dundas
- Northfield, MN4 mi
- Faribault, MN9 mi
- Lonsdale, MN10 mi
- Elko New Market, MN12 mi
- Elko, MN12 mi
- Farmington, MN17 mi
- Montgomery, MN17 mi
- Kenyon, MN17 mi
- Medford, MN17 mi
- Cannon Falls, MN18 mi
- Lakeville, MN18 mi
- New Prague, MN19 mi
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