NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Oakdale, 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 Oakdale, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 114 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 114
- EF3 or stronger
- 10
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
24 deaths in all
What the records show for Oakdale
The highest rating among the 114 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on July 3, 1983, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 114, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 61 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 39. The most recent tornado was on May 15, 2025. Oakdale has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 89% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 298 times since 1962, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Oakdale has more hail reports within 10 miles than 91% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Oakdale
By decade
- 2020s18
- 2010s21
- 2000s22(1 EF3+)
- 1990s17
- 1980s10(4 EF3+)
- 1970s7
- 1960s10(2 EF3+)
- 1950s9(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 13 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 16 mi | 6.8 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 25 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Jul 3, 1983 | F4 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 17 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | 13 mi | 5.96 mi | 1 / 17 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 13 mi | 5.5 mi | 1 / 52 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 3 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Jul 23, 1987 | F3 | 20 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 1958 | F3 | 9 mi | 59.4 mi | 0 / 12 |
| May 10, 1953 | F2 | 18 mi | 105.7 mi | 4 / 27 |
| May 15, 2025 | EF2 | 23 mi | 3.94 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 114, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Oakdale
The Storm Prediction Center has 298 hail reports within 10 miles of Oakdale since 1962, made on 112 separate days. Of these, 196 were 1 inch across or larger, and 17 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), was reported on 4 days, most recently August 13, 2007. The most recent report is from September 21, 2025. May has the most reports, 103.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Oakdale
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is St Paul Downtown Airport, MN, 6 miles southwest of Oakdale 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%). Lake Elmo, 3 miles east, has its own station (Stillwater 1 SE, MN): 35.2 inches a year, 5.9 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 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 Oakdale
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 233 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Oakdale: 202 thunderstorm wind reports, 15 flash floods, 9 heavy rain events, 6 lightning strikes and 1 flood. They killed 4 people and injured 14, and the NWS estimated $22.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on June 26, 1998. June has had the most flash floods, 6 of 15. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 260 have had fewer than Oakdale.
July 26, 2007: heavy rain event 9 miles from the centre of Oakdale — 2 killed.
September 20, 2007: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Oakdale — 1 killed, $200,000 damage.
July 21, 2009: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Oakdale — 1 killed.
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
Washington County, which includes Oakdale, 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 Oakdale
- Lake Elmo, MN3 mi
- Maplewood, MN3 mi
- Mahtomedi, MN5 mi
- Woodbury, MN5 mi
- White Bear Lake, MN7 mi
- Saint Paul, MN7 mi
- South St Paul, MN8 mi
- Newport, MN8 mi
- Stillwater, MN8 mi
- Vadnais Heights, MN9 mi
- West St Paul, MN9 mi
- Afton, MN9 mi
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