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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hastings, 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 Hastings, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 107 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
107

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

11 deaths in all

What the records show for Hastings

The highest rating among the 107 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on July 27, 1987, came within 13 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on July 20, 1951, killed 5 people. Of the 107, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 55 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 27. The most recent tornado was on August 29, 2024. Hastings has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 81% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 67 times since 1968, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 65% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Hastings.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hastings

By decade

  • 2020s16
  • 2010s20
  • 2000s19
  • 1990s17
  • 1980s9(2 EF3+)
  • 1970s8
  • 1960s12
  • 1950s6(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Hastings, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 20, 1951F323 mi11.6 mi5 / 40
Jun 14, 1981F319 mi16.2 mi1 / 83
Jul 27, 1987F313 mi30 mi0 / 0
May 24, 1958F320 mi59.4 mi0 / 12
May 10, 1953F212 mi105.7 mi4 / 27
Jul 14, 2010EF214 mi15.2 mi0 / 0
May 9, 2001F215 mi12 mi0 / 1
Mar 29, 1998F220 mi3 mi0 / 0
Apr 26, 1994F224 mi5 mi0 / 1
Oct 3, 1979F220 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
May 22, 1979F223 mi2 mi0 / 0
May 15, 1968F211 mi15.4 mi0 / 3

The strongest 12 of 107, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Hastings

The Storm Prediction Center has 67 hail reports within 10 miles of Hastings since 1968, made on 45 separate days. Of these, 40 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on June 20, 2007. The most recent report is from September 19, 2024. May and June have the most reports, 15 each.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Radar-estimated hail days in Hastings since 2019 →

Weather by month in Hastings

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hastings Dam 2, MN, 2 miles north of Hastings at 680 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 24°F and 6°F. June is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 33.2 inches over 66 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 8 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 150 nights a year. That 33.2 inches is more than at 93 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (75%). St Paul Park, 10 miles northwest, has its own station (St Paul Downtown Airport, MN): 29.3 inches a year, 3.9 less than here, and the same July average high, 83°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Hastings Dam 2, MN
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan2460.93
Feb2990.92
Mar41221.84
Apr56363.17
May69484.38
Jun79594.99
Jul83634.47
Aug81614.27
Sep73533.26
Oct59402.66
Nov43271.74
Dec30141.24
Year563633.266

Averages for 1991–2020 at Hastings Dam 2, MN (680 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.

Minnesota weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Hastings

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 77 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hastings: 64 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 flash floods, 6 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on May 19, 1996. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 168 have had fewer than Hastings.

  • June 14, 2008: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Hastings — 2 injured.

  • May 19, 1996: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Hastings — $800,000 damage.

  • June 14, 2017: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Hastings — $100,000 damage.

    NWS: “There were 8 homes that had trees fall onto their roofs and cause damage, and about 1500 people lost power. All this damage occurred in a small area of town (about a 6-8 block radius) from 15th Street south to the Vermillion River.”

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 Hastings's ZIP code 55033 have filed 57 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $425,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Severe flooding in 2001: 14 claims (25% of all) and $165,000, then Flooding in 1997 with 13. 54% 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, 91 have fewer than Hastings.

Flood insurance claims in Hastings by named event
EventClaimsPaid
Severe flooding200114$165,000
Flooding199713$123,000

Dakota County, which includes Hastings, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 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 Dakota County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for strong wind; Relatively High for tornadoes, hail and lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $133.7 million a year, the 3rd highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $56.6 million (42%), 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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