NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mcgregor, 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 Mcgregor, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 22 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 22
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
13 deaths in all
What the records show for Mcgregor
The highest rating among the 22 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on August 6, 1969, came within 24 miles. Of the 22, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 10. The most recent tornado was on June 12, 2024. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 91% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Mcgregor. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 38 times since 1972, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 93% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Mcgregor.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Mcgregor
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s2
- 1990s1
- 1980s4
- 1970s4
- 1960s5(4 EF3+)
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1969 | F4 | 24 mi | 32.3 mi | 12 / 70 |
| Jun 11, 1966 | F4 | 6 mi | 72.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 6, 1969 | F3 | 16 mi | 12.5 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Aug 6, 1969 | F3 | 24 mi | 18.4 mi | 0 / 20 |
| Sep 8, 1977 | F2 | 16 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 12, 2024 | EF1 | 23 mi | 4.71 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 2020 | EF1 | 10 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 19, 2016 | EF1 | 24 mi | 8.12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 21, 1986 | F1 | 18 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 28, 1978 | F1 | 3 mi | 18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 3, 1955 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 12, 2024 | EF0 | 22 mi | 1.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 22, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Mcgregor
The Storm Prediction Center has 38 hail reports within 10 miles of Mcgregor since 1972, made on 22 separate days. Of these, 24 were 1 inch across or larger, and 6 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently September 5, 2023. The most recent report is from March 28, 2025. June has the most reports, 12.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Mcgregor
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wright 3 E, MN, 16 miles east of Mcgregor at 1,330 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 76°F and low of 52°F; January is the coolest, at 18°F and -3°F. June is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 31.1 inches over 63 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 1 days a year. Lows fall below freezing on about 190 nights a year. Snowfall averages 59.2 inches a year, most of it in December. That 31.1 inches is more than at 67 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (54%). Aitkin, 22 miles southwest, has its own station (Aitkin 2E, MN): 31.8 inches a year, 0.7 more than here, and a July average high of 79°F against 76°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | -3 | 0.6 | 2 | 10.6 |
| Feb | 24 | 0 | 0.8 | 3 | 11.9 |
| Mar | 36 | 13 | 1.5 | 4 | 8.3 |
| Apr | 50 | 26 | 2.3 | 5 | 4.7 |
| May | 64 | 37 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 72 | 47 | 4.7 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 76 | 52 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 75 | 50 | 4.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 66 | 43 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 52 | 32 | 3.3 | 7 | 2.0 |
| Nov | 36 | 19 | 1.5 | 4 | 9.2 |
| Dec | 23 | 5 | 1.2 | 3 | 12.3 |
| Year | 49 | 27 | 31.1 | 63 | 59.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Wright 3 E, MN (1,330 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 Mcgregor
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 53 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Mcgregor: 49 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 floods, 1 flash flood and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 2 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $10,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on July 21, 2016.
May 8, 2018: heavy rain event 5 miles from the centre of Mcgregor — 2 killed, 3 injured.
NWS: “Two individuals were killed with three others injured, one with life-threatening injuries, when one vehicle skidded into another. Pavement was wet from recent rainfall.”
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 Mcgregor's ZIP code 55760 have filed 56 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $510,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Not a named storm in 1979: 11 claims (20% of all) and $5,834. The year with the most claims was 2012, with 36. 34% 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, 90 have fewer than Mcgregor.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Not a named storm1979 | 11 | $5,834 |
Aitkin County, which includes Mcgregor, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on July 19, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Aitkin County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $15.5 million a year, the 41st highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $10.4 million (67%), 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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