NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ogilvie, 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 Ogilvie, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 39 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 39
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Ogilvie
The strongest of the 39 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on September 18, 1997; its path came within 20 miles, and it killed 1 person. Of the 39, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 14 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 13. The most recent tornado was on August 14, 2020. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 86% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Ogilvie. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 50 times since 1971, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 84% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Ogilvie.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Ogilvie
By decade
- 2020s3
- 2010s6
- 2000s5
- 1990s10(1 EF3+)
- 1980s10
- 1970s1
- 1960s2
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 1997 | F3 | 20 mi | 17 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Sep 18, 1997 | F2 | 20 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 21, 1995 | F2 | 6 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 3, 1985 | F2 | 18 mi | 33 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 12, 1982 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 1981 | F2 | 17 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 1959 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 10, 1968 | F1 | 9 mi | 0.3 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Sep 16, 1955 | F1 | 2 mi | 10.4 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Jul 17, 2020 | EF1 | 9 mi | 2.96 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 26, 2019 | EF1 | 9 mi | 2.31 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 6, 2017 | EF1 | 22 mi | 8.78 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 39, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Ogilvie
The Storm Prediction Center has 50 hail reports within 10 miles of Ogilvie since 1971, made on 34 separate days. Of these, 32 were 1 inch across or larger, and 6 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on September 25, 1998. The most recent report is from August 11, 2023. July has the most reports, 18.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Ogilvie
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Mora, MN, 7 miles northeast of Ogilvie at 1,018 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 21°F and 1°F. July is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 31.9 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 5 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 179 nights a year. Snowfall averages 52.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 31.9 inches is more than at 79 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (64%). Milaca, 10 miles southwest, has its own station (Milaca, MN): 30.8 inches a year, 1.1 less than here, and the same July average high, 80°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 1 | 0.7 | 2 | 10.3 |
| Feb | 26 | 4 | 0.9 | 2 | 10.7 |
| Mar | 39 | 18 | 1.6 | 4 | 8.3 |
| Apr | 53 | 31 | 2.5 | 6 | 4.3 |
| May | 67 | 43 | 3.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 76 | 54 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 80 | 58 | 4.7 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 78 | 56 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 70 | 47 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 56 | 35 | 2.9 | 6 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 39 | 22 | 1.7 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Dec | 26 | 9 | 1.2 | 3 | 12.6 |
| Year | 53 | 31 | 31.9 | 62 | 52.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Mora, MN (1,018 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 Ogilvie
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 57 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Ogilvie: 47 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 heavy rain events, 2 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $333,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 76 mph, on August 11, 2023.
May 6, 1999: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Ogilvie — 1 injured.
June 27, 2008: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Ogilvie — 1 injured.
July 12, 2018: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Ogilvie — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “Several roads were closed around Mora due to high running water and stranded cars. A few inches of flowing water covered Highway 3, near the intersection of Highway 65, north of Mora.”
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
Kanabec County, which includes Ogilvie, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 9, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Kanabec County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning; Very Low for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.5 million a year, the 66th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.5 million (53%), 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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