NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Horace, ND
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 Horace, North Dakota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 107 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 107
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
12 deaths in all
What the records show for Horace
The strongest of the 107 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on June 20, 1957; its path came within 11 miles, and it killed 10 people. Of the 107, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 54 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 35. The most recent tornado was on June 20, 2025. Horace has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 83% of the 37 North Dakota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 110 times since 1963, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Horace has more hail reports within 10 miles than 83% of the 37 North Dakota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Horace
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s26
- 2000s21
- 1990s6
- 1980s14
- 1970s11(3 EF3+)
- 1960s9
- 1950s13(4 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1957 | F5 | 11 mi | 52.4 mi | 10 / 103 |
| Jul 2, 1955 | F4 | 16 mi | 9.1 mi | 2 / 19 |
| Jun 28, 1975 | F4 | 12 mi | 5.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 28, 1975 | F3 | 17 mi | 2.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 15, 1973 | F3 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 30, 1956 | F3 | 13 mi | 5.1 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Jul 2, 1955 | F3 | 16 mi | 18.7 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 4, 2011 | EF2 | 17 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 2011 | EF2 | 10 mi | 7.44 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 2011 | EF2 | 3 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 2011 | EF2 | 5 mi | 4.27 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 5, 2005 | F2 | 2 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 107, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Horace
The Storm Prediction Center has 110 hail reports within 10 miles of Horace since 1963, made on 70 separate days. Of these, 64 were 1 inch across or larger, and 9 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently September 18, 2002. The most recent report is from July 13, 2023. July has the most reports, 35.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Horace
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Moorhead, MN, 13 miles northeast of Horace at 904 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 17°F and 0°F. June is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 26.0 inches over 53 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 10 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 170 nights a year. Snowfall averages 52.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 26.0 inches is more than at 30 of the 31 North Dakota stations used on this site (97%). West Fargo, 11 miles north, has its own station (Fargo Hector International Airport, ND): 24.1 inches a year, 1.9 less than here, and the same July average high, 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17 | 0 | 0.7 | 3 | 12.2 |
| Feb | 23 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 7.7 |
| Mar | 37 | 18 | 1.3 | 4 | 9.3 |
| Apr | 54 | 32 | 1.7 | 4 | 4.0 |
| May | 69 | 45 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 56 | 4.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 61 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 81 | 59 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 49 | 2.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 55 | 36 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 38 | 21 | 1.1 | 3 | 8.0 |
| Dec | 23 | 8 | 0.9 | 2 | 10.8 |
| Year | 52 | 32 | 26.0 | 53 | 52.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Moorhead, MN (904 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 Horace
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 102 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Horace: 81 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 flash floods, 10 floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $3.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on June 13, 2017. Of the 31 North Dakota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 23 have had fewer than Horace.
May 28, 2017: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Horace — 2 injured, $10,000 damage.
April 20, 2023: flood 9 miles from the centre of Horace — $951,000 damage.
NWS: “|NOTE: Damages dollar amount is for the entire county. Not separated by specific river basin or damage type.”
June 13, 2017: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Horace — $750,000 damage.
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 Horace's ZIP code 58047 have filed 293 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $2.6 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1997: 82 claims (28% of all) and $653,000, then Winter storm in 2009 with 19 and Severe flooding in 2001 with 12. The year with the most claims was 2009, with 93. 45% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 20 North Dakota cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 11 have fewer than Horace.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1997 | 82 | $653,000 |
| Winter storm2009 | 19 | $131,000 |
| Severe flooding2001 | 12 | $18,000 |
| Not a named storm1979 | 10 | $15,000 |
Cass County, which includes Horace, has been named in 35 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 30 of them major disasters (by incident: 22 floods, 9 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storm, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds, on September 11, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cass County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for strong wind; Relatively High for hail; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $81.8 million a year, the highest of 53 North Dakota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $34.2 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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Cities near Horace
- Fargo, ND9 mi
- West Fargo, ND11 mi
- Moorhead, MN11 mi
- Dilworth, MN13 mi
- Glyndon, MN18 mi
- Casselton, ND20 mi
- Barnesville, MN22 mi
- Hawley, MN28 mi
- Wahpeton, ND32 mi
- Breckenridge, MN35 mi
- Lake Park, MN37 mi
- Pelican Rapids, MN39 mi
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