NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Maple Plain, 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 Maple Plain, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 99 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 13 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 99
- EF3 or stronger
- 13
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
23 deaths in all
What the records show for Maple Plain
The highest rating among the 99 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 6 times; the most recent, on July 3, 1983, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 99, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 42 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Maple Plain has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 67% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 154 times since 1962, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Maple Plain has more hail reports within 10 miles than 74% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Maple Plain
By decade
- 2020s13
- 2010s14
- 2000s15
- 1990s18(2 EF3+)
- 1980s16(4 EF3+)
- 1970s5
- 1960s13(5 EF3+)
- 1950s5(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 15 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 20 mi | 6.8 mi | 3 / 175 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 3 mi | 12.3 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 7 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Jul 3, 1983 | F4 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 9 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 11 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 23 mi | 5.5 mi | 1 / 52 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 24 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Jul 1, 1997 | F3 | 16 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F3 | 23 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Jul 23, 1987 | F3 | 15 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 99, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Maple Plain
The Storm Prediction Center has 154 hail reports within 10 miles of Maple Plain since 1962, made on 75 separate days. Of these, 87 were 1 inch across or larger, and 22 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on August 5, 2019. The most recent report is from September 21, 2025. June has the most reports, 35.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Maple Plain
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Chanhassen Wsfo, MN, 12 miles southeast of Maple Plain at 946 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 22°F and 6°F. August is the wettest at 4.8 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 33.0 inches over 59 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 7 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 156 nights a year. Snowfall averages 54.7 inches a year, most of it in December. That 33.0 inches is more than at 89 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (72%). Delano, 5 miles northwest, has its own station (Buffalo 2NE, MN): 31.6 inches a year, 1.4 less than here, and the same July average high, 81°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22 | 6 | 0.9 | 3 | 10.0 |
| Feb | 27 | 9 | 0.9 | 3 | 11.2 |
| Mar | 40 | 22 | 1.6 | 4 | 9.1 |
| Apr | 55 | 35 | 3.2 | 6 | 5.4 |
| May | 68 | 47 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 77 | 58 | 4.4 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 81 | 62 | 3.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 79 | 60 | 4.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 71 | 51 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 57 | 38 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 41 | 25 | 1.7 | 3 | 5.1 |
| Dec | 27 | 12 | 1.2 | 3 | 13.3 |
| Year | 54 | 35 | 33.0 | 59 | 54.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Chanhassen Wsfo, MN (946 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 Maple Plain
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 134 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Maple Plain: 111 thunderstorm wind reports, 16 heavy rain events, 4 floods, 2 lightning strikes and 1 flash flood. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $885,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 83 mph, on July 17, 1997.
July 17, 1997: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Maple Plain — 3 injured.
NWS: “Three young girls injured at YMCA camp when tree blown over onto tent. Barn also blown down in vicinity.”
July 17, 2015: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Maple Plain — $250,000 damage.
August 26, 2017: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Maple Plain — $200,000 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
Hennepin County, which includes Maple Plain, 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).
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