NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Edina, 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 Edina, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 112 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 11 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 112
- EF3 or stronger
- 11
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
24 deaths in all
What the records show for Edina
The highest rating among the 112 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 6 times; the most recent, on July 3, 1983, came within 23 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 112, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 54 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Edina has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 87% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 417 times since 1956, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Edina has more hail reports within 10 miles than 97% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Edina
By decade
- 2020s20
- 2010s13
- 2000s21(1 EF3+)
- 1990s18
- 1980s13(4 EF3+)
- 1970s9
- 1960s13(4 EF3+)
- 1950s5(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 6 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 10 mi | 6.8 mi | 3 / 175 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 19 mi | 12.3 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 21 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Jul 3, 1983 | F4 | 23 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 9 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | in town | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | 25 mi | 5.96 mi | 1 / 17 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 11 mi | 5.5 mi | 1 / 52 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 6 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Jul 23, 1987 | F3 | 16 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 16, 2006 | F2 | 25 mi | 8 mi | 1 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 112, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Edina
The Storm Prediction Center has 417 hail reports within 10 miles of Edina since 1956, made on 158 separate days. Of these, 257 were 1 inch across or larger, and 29 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on July 8, 1966. The most recent report is from September 21, 2025. May has the most reports, 130.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Edina
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Minneapolis/St Paul Airport, MN, 6 miles east of Edina at 872 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 24°F and 9°F. June is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 31.7 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 13 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 147 nights a year. Snowfall averages 51.2 inches a year, most of it in December. That 31.7 inches is more than at 75 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (60%). St Louis Park, 4 miles north, has its own station (New Hope, MN): 34.8 inches a year, 3.1 more than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | 9 | 0.9 | 3 | 11.0 |
| Feb | 29 | 13 | 0.9 | 3 | 9.5 |
| Mar | 42 | 25 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.2 |
| Apr | 57 | 38 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.5 |
| May | 69 | 50 | 3.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 79 | 60 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 65 | 4.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 81 | 63 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 54 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 41 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 42 | 28 | 1.6 | 4 | 6.8 |
| Dec | 29 | 15 | 1.2 | 3 | 11.4 |
| Year | 55 | 38 | 31.7 | 62 | 51.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Minneapolis/St Paul Airport, MN (872 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 Edina
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 348 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Edina: 278 thunderstorm wind reports, 35 flash floods, 22 heavy rain events, 7 floods and 6 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 10, and the NWS estimated $346.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on May 30, 1998. June has had the most flash floods, 11 of 35. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 309 have had fewer than Edina.
May 30, 1998: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Edina — 7 injured, $140.0 million damage.
April 22, 2008: lightning strike 7 miles from the centre of Edina — 3 injured.
May 15, 1998: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Edina — $170.0 million 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Edina's 4 ZIP codes have filed 92 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $874,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1987: 25 claims (27% of all) and $353,000. 32% 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, 105 have fewer than Edina.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1987 | 25 | $353,000 |
Hennepin County, which includes Edina, 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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