NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lindstrom, 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 Lindstrom, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 85 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 85
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
13 deaths in all
What the records show for Lindstrom
The highest rating among the 85 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 6, 1965, came within 19 miles. Of the 85, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 43 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 31. The most recent tornado was on August 29, 2024. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 50% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Lindstrom. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 76 times since 1962, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lindstrom.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lindstrom
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s19
- 2000s18(1 EF3+)
- 1990s17
- 1980s4
- 1970s2
- 1960s11(1 EF3+)
- 1950s8(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 19 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 21, 1957 | F4 | 13 mi | 9.2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 23, 1952 | F3 | 10 mi | 18.2 mi | 2 / 6 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | 16 mi | 5.96 mi | 1 / 17 |
| May 24, 1958 | F3 | 17 mi | 59.4 mi | 0 / 12 |
| May 10, 1953 | F2 | 23 mi | 105.7 mi | 4 / 27 |
| Jun 17, 2010 | EF2 | 24 mi | 7.82 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Sep 21, 2005 | F2 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 26, 1994 | F2 | 20 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 12, 1967 | F2 | 9 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 10, 1966 | F2 | 25 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 12, 1965 | F2 | 10 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 85, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lindstrom
The Storm Prediction Center has 76 hail reports within 10 miles of Lindstrom since 1962, made on 52 separate days. Of these, 46 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on May 1, 2001. The most recent report is from July 3, 2025. June has the most reports, 21.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lindstrom
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Forest Lake 5NE, MN, 5 miles southwest of Lindstrom at 905 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 24°F and 3°F. July is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 33.2 inches over 64 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 161 nights a year. Snowfall averages 51.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 33.2 inches is more than at 93 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (75%). Shafer, 5 miles east, has its own station (St Croix Falls, WI): 30.5 inches a year, 2.7 less than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | 3 | 0.9 | 3 | 9.6 |
| Feb | 30 | 6 | 0.9 | 3 | 9.3 |
| Mar | 43 | 19 | 1.7 | 4 | 9.2 |
| Apr | 58 | 33 | 3.0 | 7 | 3.7 |
| May | 70 | 45 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 79 | 56 | 4.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 60 | 4.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 82 | 58 | 4.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 74 | 50 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 60 | 37 | 2.9 | 6 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 43 | 24 | 1.8 | 4 | 7.4 |
| Dec | 29 | 11 | 1.2 | 4 | 11.8 |
| Year | 56 | 34 | 33.2 | 64 | 51.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Forest Lake 5NE, MN (905 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 Lindstrom
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 73 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lindstrom: 68 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods, 2 heavy rain events and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $577,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 89 mph, on July 23, 2005.
July 1, 2011: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Lindstrom — $250,000 damage.
June 11, 2017: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Lindstrom — $100,000 damage.
July 12, 2017: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Lindstrom — $100,000 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 Lindstrom's ZIP code 55045 have filed 17 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $59,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1986, with 10. Of the 120 Minnesota cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 31 have fewer than Lindstrom.
Chisago County, which includes Lindstrom, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 7, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Chisago County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.7 million a year, the 26th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.7 million (56%), 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 Lindstrom
- Chisago City, MN3 mi
- Shafer, MN5 mi
- Scandia, MN8 mi
- Stacy, MN9 mi
- North Branch, MN11 mi
- Forest Lake, MN11 mi
- Osceola, WI11 mi
- Dresser, WI12 mi
- Saint Croix Falls, WI12 mi
- Wyoming, MN12 mi
- Marine On Saint Croix, MN13 mi
- Centuria, WI16 mi
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