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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Marine On Saint Croix, 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 Marine On Saint Croix, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 95 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
95

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
8

19 deaths in all

What the records show for Marine On Saint Croix

The highest rating among the 95 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on July 3, 1983, came within 25 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 95, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 48 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 35. The most recent tornado was on May 15, 2025. Marine On Saint Croix has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 60% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 88 times since 1962, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Marine On Saint Croix has more hail reports within 10 miles than 50% of the 341 Minnesota cities.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Marine On Saint Croix

By decade

  • 2020s10
  • 2010s18
  • 2000s20(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s15
  • 1980s8(3 EF3+)
  • 1970s5
  • 1960s11(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s8(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Marine On Saint Croix, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 6, 1965F413 mi17.3 mi6 / 158
May 6, 1965F421 mi6.8 mi3 / 175
Jul 3, 1983F425 mi1 mi0 / 4
Jun 23, 1952F318 mi18.2 mi2 / 6
May 25, 2008EF36 mi5.96 mi1 / 17
Apr 26, 1984F320 mi5.5 mi1 / 52
Jun 14, 1981F317 mi16.2 mi1 / 83
May 24, 1958F37 mi59.4 mi0 / 12
May 10, 1953F217 mi105.7 mi4 / 27
May 15, 2025EF219 mi3.94 mi0 / 0
Sep 21, 2005F220 mi2 mi0 / 1
Apr 26, 1994F27 mi5 mi0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 95, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Marine On Saint Croix

The Storm Prediction Center has 88 hail reports within 10 miles of Marine On Saint Croix since 1962, made on 57 separate days. Of these, 49 were 1 inch across or larger, and 10 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently May 25, 2008. The most recent report is from June 19, 2025. May has the most reports, 30.

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

Weather by month in Marine On Saint Croix

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Forest Lake 5NE, MN, 10 miles northwest of Marine On Saint Croix 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%). Somerset, WI, 8 miles southeast, has its own station (Stillwater 1 SE, MN): 35.2 inches a year, 2.0 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 83°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Forest Lake 5NE, MN
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan2430.939.6
Feb3060.939.3
Mar43191.749.2
Apr58333.073.7
May70454.480.0
Jun79564.580.0
Jul83604.770.0
Aug82584.060.0
Sep74503.260.0
Oct60372.960.6
Nov43241.847.4
Dec29111.2411.8
Year563433.26451.6

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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Marine On Saint Croix

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 64 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Marine On Saint Croix: 57 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 heavy rain events, 2 lightning strikes, 1 flash flood and 1 flood. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $1.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on June 26, 1998.

  • July 21, 2009: lightning strike 10 miles from the centre of Marine On Saint Croix — 1 killed.

  • June 26, 1998: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Marine On Saint Croix — $1.0 million damage.

  • June 10, 2012: lightning strike 5 miles from the centre of Marine On Saint Croix — $350,000 damage.

    NWS: “The Stillwater Fire Department spent more than three hours extinguishing a pole barn fire on the 12000 block of Lockridge Avenue North Sunday night due to a lightning strike. Damage to a 40-foot-by-50-foot pole barn was estimated at $350,000.”

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 Marine On Saint Croix's ZIP code 55047 have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $78,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 46% 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, 15 have fewer than Marine On Saint Croix.

Washington County, which includes Marine On Saint Croix, has been named in 17 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 floods, 3 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 Washington 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 $92.7 million a year, the 7th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $41.5 million (45%), 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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