NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Newport, 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 Newport, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 105 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 105
- EF3 or stronger
- 9
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
23 deaths in all
What the records show for Newport
The highest rating among the 105 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 6, 1965, came within 18 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 105, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 51 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 28. The most recent tornado was on August 29, 2024. Newport has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 78% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 284 times since 1956, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Newport has more hail reports within 10 miles than 90% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Newport
By decade
- 2020s16
- 2010s16
- 2000s19(1 EF3+)
- 1990s16
- 1980s11(4 EF3+)
- 1970s6
- 1960s13(2 EF3+)
- 1950s8(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 18 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 18 mi | 6.8 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 13 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | 21 mi | 5.96 mi | 1 / 17 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 15 mi | 5.5 mi | 1 / 52 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 7 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Jul 27, 1987 | F3 | 24 mi | 30 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 23, 1987 | F3 | 24 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 1958 | F3 | 17 mi | 59.4 mi | 0 / 12 |
| May 10, 1953 | F2 | 17 mi | 105.7 mi | 4 / 27 |
| Jul 14, 2010 | EF2 | 22 mi | 15.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 21, 2005 | F2 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 105, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Newport
The Storm Prediction Center has 284 hail reports within 10 miles of Newport since 1956, made on 116 separate days. Of these, 189 were 1 inch across or larger, and 17 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on July 8, 1966. The most recent report is from September 21, 2025. May has the most reports, 93.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Newport
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is St Paul Downtown Airport, MN, 5 miles northwest of Newport at 700 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 24°F and 9°F. June is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 29.3 inches over 54 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 12 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 146 nights a year. That 29.3 inches is more than at 47 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (38%). Cottage Grove, 4 miles southeast, has its own station (Hastings Dam 2, MN): 33.2 inches a year, 3.9 more than here, and the same July average high, 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | 9 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Feb | 29 | 13 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Mar | 42 | 25 | 1.4 | 4 |
| Apr | 57 | 37 | 2.6 | 6 |
| May | 69 | 49 | 4.0 | 8 |
| Jun | 79 | 59 | 4.6 | 8 |
| Jul | 83 | 64 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Aug | 80 | 62 | 4.1 | 6 |
| Sep | 72 | 53 | 3.1 | 5 |
| Oct | 58 | 40 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Nov | 42 | 27 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Dec | 29 | 15 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Year | 55 | 38 | 29.3 | 54 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at St Paul Downtown Airport, MN (700 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 Newport
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 193 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Newport: 166 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 flash floods, 6 lightning strikes, 5 heavy rain events and 2 floods. They killed 3 people and injured 17, and the NWS estimated $47.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on May 19, 1996. June has had the most flash floods, 6 of 14. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 255 have had fewer than Newport.
July 26, 2007: heavy rain event 10 miles from the centre of Newport — 2 killed.
September 20, 2007: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Newport — 1 killed, $200,000 damage.
May 30, 1998: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Newport — 11 injured.
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 Newport's ZIP code 55055 have filed 22 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $149,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 23% 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, 48 have fewer than Newport.
Washington County, which includes Newport, 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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Cities near Newport
- South St Paul, MN2 mi
- St Paul Park, MN3 mi
- Inver Grove Heights, MN3 mi
- Cottage Grove, MN4 mi
- Woodbury, MN5 mi
- West St Paul, MN5 mi
- Mendota Heights, MN7 mi
- Saint Paul, MN8 mi
- Oakdale, MN8 mi
- Eagan, MN9 mi
- Afton, MN9 mi
- Maplewood, MN10 mi
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