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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Glyndon, MN

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Glyndon, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 94 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
94

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

10 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Glyndon

By decade

  • 2020s5
  • 2010s16
  • 2000s17
  • 1990s13
  • 1980s13
  • 1970s12(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s6
  • 1950s12(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Glyndon, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 20, 1957F5in town52.4 mi10 / 103
Jun 28, 1975F47 mi5.4 mi0 / 0
Jun 28, 1975F3in town2.3 mi0 / 0
Aug 30, 1956F311 mi5.1 mi0 / 8
Jul 11, 2017EF221 mi12.81 mi0 / 0
May 30, 2011EF214 mi7.44 mi0 / 0
May 30, 2011EF214 mi4 mi0 / 0
May 30, 2011EF223 mi4.27 mi0 / 0
Sep 5, 2005F217 mi4 mi0 / 0
Jun 5, 1996F217 mi5 mi0 / 0
May 5, 1965F219 mi33.8 mi0 / 0
May 31, 1960F216 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 94, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Glyndon while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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