NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Montevideo, 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 Montevideo, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 86 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 86
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Montevideo
The strongest of the 86 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on July 25, 2000; its path came within 6 miles, and it killed 1 person. Of the 86, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 59 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 32. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Montevideo has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 82 times since 1957, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 52% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Montevideo.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Montevideo
By decade
- 2020s15
- 2010s22
- 2000s22(1 EF3+)
- 1990s13(2 EF3+)
- 1980s6
- 1970s2
- 1960s3
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2000 | F4 | 6 mi | 9 mi | 1 / 15 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F3 | 15 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F3 | 14 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 11, 2001 | F2 | 23 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 7 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 20 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 23 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1981 | F2 | 21 mi | 6.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 21, 1981 | F2 | 16 mi | 54.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1952 | F2 | 24 mi | 8.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F2 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | EF1 | 17 mi | 4.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 2025 | EF1 | 21 mi | 2.66 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 86, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Montevideo
The Storm Prediction Center has 82 hail reports within 10 miles of Montevideo since 1957, made on 50 separate days. Of these, 58 were 1 inch across or larger, and 8 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), fell on July 31, 2024, the most recent report. July has the most reports, 29.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Montevideo
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Montevideo 1SW, MN, 4 miles southwest of Montevideo at 990 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 22°F and 2°F. June is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 29.7 inches over 54 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 172 nights a year. Snowfall averages 45.5 inches a year, most of it in December. That 29.7 inches is more than at 53 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (43%). Granite Falls, 15 miles southeast, has its own station (Granite Falls, MN): 28.8 inches a year, 0.9 less than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 8.0 |
| Feb | 27 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | 9.9 |
| Mar | 39 | 18 | 1.9 | 4 | 7.9 |
| Apr | 55 | 32 | 2.5 | 6 | 4.6 |
| May | 69 | 45 | 3.7 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 79 | 56 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 60 | 3.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 57 | 4.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 74 | 48 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 59 | 35 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 42 | 21 | 1.6 | 3 | 4.3 |
| Dec | 28 | 9 | 0.8 | 2 | 10.3 |
| Year | 55 | 32 | 29.7 | 54 | 45.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Montevideo 1SW, MN (990 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 Montevideo
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 46 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Montevideo: 40 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 floods, 1 heavy rain event and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 72 mph, on July 27, 2025.
March 17, 2010: flood 3 miles from the centre of Montevideo — $515,000 damage.
NWS: “ Monetary costs were based on FEMA, State, and Local assistance which includes the following categories; debris removal, emergency protective measures, road systems and bridges, water control facilities, and utilities.”
March 17, 2010: flood 9 miles from the centre of Montevideo — $345,000 damage.
NWS: “Numerous counties roads were flooded from snow melt and associated runoff along several tributaries of the Minnesota River, and the Minnesota River in Chippewa County.”
May 12, 2022: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Montevideo — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “There was a concentrated area of wind damage from the southeast portion of Montevideo, then northeast for a few miles over rural western Chippewa County. Several trees, sheds and barns were damaged, including major damage to an apartment garage in the City of Montevideo.”
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 Montevideo's ZIP code 56265 have filed 155 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $2.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1997: 67 claims (43% of all) and $1.7 million, then Severe flooding in 2001 with 44. 74% 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, 108 have fewer than Montevideo.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1997 | 67 | $1.7 million |
| Severe flooding2001 | 44 | $363,000 |
Chippewa County, which includes Montevideo, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 floods, 7 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 Chippewa County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.2 million a year, the 59th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.2 million (51%), 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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