NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Golden Valley, 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 Golden Valley, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 104 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 104
- EF3 or stronger
- 12
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
24 deaths in all
What the records show for Golden Valley
The highest rating among the 104 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 6 times; the most recent, on July 3, 1983, came within 15 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 104, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 53 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 23. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Golden Valley has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 74% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 362 times since 1962, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Golden Valley has more hail reports within 10 miles than 94% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
Compare Golden Valley's storm record with another city →
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Golden Valley
By decade
- 2020s20
- 2010s15
- 2000s18(1 EF3+)
- 1990s14
- 1980s13(4 EF3+)
- 1970s9
- 1960s10(4 EF3+)
- 1950s5(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 1 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 5 mi | 6.8 mi | 3 / 175 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 17 mi | 12.3 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 13 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Jul 3, 1983 | F4 | 15 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 8 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 7 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | 20 mi | 5.96 mi | 1 / 17 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 8 mi | 5.5 mi | 1 / 52 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 13 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Jul 23, 1987 | F3 | 8 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 1958 | F3 | 23 mi | 59.4 mi | 0 / 12 |
The strongest 12 of 104, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Golden Valley
The Storm Prediction Center has 362 hail reports within 10 miles of Golden Valley since 1962, made on 126 separate days. Of these, 230 were 1 inch across or larger, and 32 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on August 11, 1963. The most recent report is from September 21, 2025. May has the most reports, 116.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Golden Valley
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is New Hope, MN, in Golden Valley at 910 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 24°F and 7°F. June is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 34.8 inches over 65 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 156 nights a year. Snowfall averages 54.3 inches a year, most of it in December. That 34.8 inches is more than at 107 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (86%). Minneapolis, 6 miles southeast, has its own station (Lower St Anthony Falls, MN): 34.5 inches a year, 0.3 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 10.1 |
| Feb | 29 | 11 | 1.0 | 3 | 10.1 |
| Mar | 42 | 23 | 1.9 | 5 | 9.0 |
| Apr | 57 | 35 | 3.3 | 7 | 5.1 |
| May | 69 | 48 | 4.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 58 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 63 | 4.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 61 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 52 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 57 | 39 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 41 | 26 | 1.9 | 4 | 6.9 |
| Dec | 29 | 14 | 1.4 | 4 | 12.3 |
| Year | 55 | 36 | 34.8 | 65 | 54.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at New Hope, MN (910 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 Golden Valley
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 307 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Golden Valley: 230 thunderstorm wind reports, 32 flash floods, 32 heavy rain events, 10 lightning strikes and 3 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 9, and the NWS estimated $26.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on August 6, 1996. June has had the most flash floods, 12 of 32. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 302 have had fewer than Golden Valley.
May 23, 2007: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Golden Valley — 5 injured.
August 6, 1996: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Golden Valley — 2 injured.
August 6, 1996: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Golden Valley — 1 injured.
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 Golden Valley's ZIP code 55427 have filed 27 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $144,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 33% 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, 58 have fewer than Golden Valley.
Hennepin County, which includes Golden Valley, 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Golden Valley
- Robbinsdale, MN2 mi
- New Hope, MN4 mi
- Plymouth, MN4 mi
- St Louis Park, MN4 mi
- Brooklyn Center, MN5 mi
- Minnetonka, MN6 mi
- Minneapolis, MN6 mi
- Columbia Heights, MN7 mi
- Brooklyn Park, MN7 mi
- Wayzata, MN8 mi
- Edina, MN8 mi
- Maple Grove, MN8 mi
All Minnesota cities →All hurricanes since 1851 →Compare Golden Valley with another place →