NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Glencoe, 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 Glencoe, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 105 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 105
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Glencoe
The highest rating among the 105 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 6, 1965, came within 21 miles. Of the 105, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 52 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 34. The most recent tornado was on September 4, 2025. Glencoe has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 78% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 121 times since 1973, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Glencoe has more hail reports within 10 miles than 67% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Glencoe
By decade
- 2020s16
- 2010s21
- 2000s15
- 1990s24(1 EF3+)
- 1980s14
- 1970s7
- 1960s6(2 EF3+)
- 1950s2(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 21 mi | 12.3 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 11 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F3 | 17 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 8 |
| May 6, 1965 | F3 | 2 mi | 15.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1965 | F2 | 12 mi | 11.2 mi | 1 / 175 |
| Jun 24, 2003 | F2 | 22 mi | 5.5 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Jun 13, 1983 | F2 | 13 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 27, 1977 | F2 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1952 | F2 | 15 mi | 104.8 mi | 0 / 10 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | EF1 | 25 mi | 4.38 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | EF1 | 18 mi | 7.18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 2022 | EF1 | 5 mi | 18.49 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 105, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Glencoe
The Storm Prediction Center has 121 hail reports within 10 miles of Glencoe since 1973, made on 72 separate days. Of these, 53 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), fell on July 5, 2016. The most recent report is from June 16, 2025. May has the most reports, 38.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Glencoe
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Brownton Wwtp, MN, 9 miles west of Glencoe at 1,040 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 21°F and 3°F. June is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 31.6 inches over 64 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 6 days a year, almost all from June to July. Lows fall below freezing on about 164 nights a year. Snowfall averages 50.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 31.6 inches is more than at 74 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (60%). Silver Lake, 9 miles north, has its own station (Hutchinson 1 N, MN): 29.9 inches a year, 1.7 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 81°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 6.9 |
| Feb | 26 | 7 | 0.8 | 3 | 11.8 |
| Mar | 38 | 20 | 1.5 | 4 | 7.6 |
| Apr | 55 | 34 | 3.0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| May | 68 | 47 | 4.3 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 77 | 58 | 5.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 81 | 61 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 79 | 58 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 49 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 37 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 40 | 23 | 1.3 | 3 | 3.6 |
| Dec | 26 | 11 | 1.1 | 4 | 12.2 |
| Year | 53 | 34 | 31.6 | 64 | 50.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Brownton Wwtp, MN (1,040 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 Glencoe
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 122 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Glencoe: 100 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 flash floods, 10 heavy rain events, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $703,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 19, 1996. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 10. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 223 have had fewer than Glencoe.
May 24, 2016: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Glencoe — 1 killed.
July 1, 2011: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Glencoe — 1 injured.
NWS: “Numerous large trees uprooted around town. A mini van was crushed due to a fallen tree.”
March 15, 2010: flood 9 miles from the centre of Glencoe — $190,000 damage.
NWS: “An ice jam along the Buffalo Creek in Mcleod County caused flooding on Division Street in Brownton. In addition, county officials reported 16 partially blocked county roads throughout Mcleod County due to flooding along Buffalo Creek.”
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
McLeod County, which includes Glencoe, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 5 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 McLeod County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $17.4 million a year, the 36th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.1 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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