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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Goodhue, 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 Goodhue, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 74 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
74

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Goodhue

By decade

  • 2020s6
  • 2010s17
  • 2000s9
  • 1990s12
  • 1980s15(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s8
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Goodhue, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 27, 1987F312 mi30 mi0 / 0
May 9, 2001F219 mi12 mi0 / 1
May 17, 1982F225 mi4 mi0 / 0
Apr 29, 1981F214 mi0.1 mi0 / 2
Oct 3, 1979F223 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
May 15, 1968F218 mi15.4 mi0 / 3
Aug 28, 1964F216 mi2.7 mi0 / 0
Jun 29, 1954F220 mi6.2 mi0 / 0
Dec 15, 2021EF116 mi4.39 mi0 / 0
Dec 15, 2021EF116 mi4.33 mi0 / 0
Sep 20, 2018EF120 mi7.17 mi0 / 0
Sep 20, 2018EF120 mi5.31 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 74, 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 Goodhue 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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