NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Norwood Young America, 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 Norwood Young America, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 101 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 101
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
10 deaths in all
What the records show for Norwood Young America
The highest rating among the 101 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on May 6, 1965, came within 9 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on July 20, 1951, killed 5 people. Of the 101, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 50 have come since 2000. June and July have had the most tornadoes, 27 each. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Norwood Young America has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 69% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 131 times since 1956, with stones up to 3.25 inches. Norwood Young America has more hail reports within 10 miles than 70% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Norwood Young America
By decade
- 2020s15
- 2010s22
- 2000s13
- 1990s21(2 EF3+)
- 1980s15
- 1970s2
- 1960s9(3 EF3+)
- 1950s4(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 9 mi | 12.3 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 14 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 20 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 23 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| Jul 1, 1997 | F3 | 23 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F3 | 21 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 8 |
| May 6, 1965 | F3 | 9 mi | 15.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1965 | F2 | 2 mi | 11.2 mi | 1 / 175 |
| Jun 13, 1983 | F2 | 23 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1977 | F2 | 19 mi | 19.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 1952 | F2 | 21 mi | 70.9 mi | 0 / 15 |
| Jun 23, 1952 | F2 | 9 mi | 104.8 mi | 0 / 10 |
The strongest 12 of 101, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Norwood Young America
The Storm Prediction Center has 131 hail reports within 10 miles of Norwood Young America since 1956, made on 76 separate days. Of these, 53 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.25 inches, fell on June 16, 2025. The most recent report is from August 15, 2025. June has the most reports, 44.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Norwood Young America
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Chaska 2NW, MN, 14 miles east of Norwood Young America at 923 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 23°F and 4°F. June is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 34.2 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 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 34.2 inches is more than at 101 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (81%). Lester Prairie, 9 miles northwest, has its own station (Hutchinson 1 N, MN): 29.9 inches a year, 4.3 less than here, and the same July average high, 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 4 | 0.9 | 2 | 7.8 |
| Feb | 27 | 7 | 0.9 | 3 | 11.4 |
| Mar | 40 | 19 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.0 |
| Apr | 56 | 33 | 3.2 | 7 | 4.0 |
| May | 68 | 44 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 56 | 5.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 60 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 58 | 4.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 50 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 36 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 41 | 24 | 1.7 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Dec | 28 | 12 | 1.3 | 5 | 16.6 |
| Year | 55 | 34 | 34.2 | 61 | 51.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Chaska 2NW, MN (923 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 Norwood Young America
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 155 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Norwood Young America: 131 thunderstorm wind reports, 15 heavy rain events, 6 flash floods and 3 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 30, 1998. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 168 have had fewer than Norwood Young America.
July 1, 1997: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Norwood Young America — 1 injured.
NWS: “Barn collapse. Trailer home moved 20 feet.”
June 17, 2012: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Norwood Young America — $300,000 damage.
July 1, 2011: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Norwood Young America — $250,000 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
Carver County, which includes Norwood Young America, has been named in 17 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on June 28, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Carver County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and hail; Relatively Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $41.4 million a year, the 12th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $18.0 million (43%), 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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