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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Olivia, MN

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Olivia, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 72 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
72

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Olivia

By decade

  • 2020s7
  • 2010s4
  • 2000s20(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s23(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s7
  • 1970s4
  • 1960s5
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Olivia, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 11, 2008EF322 mi7.98 mi0 / 2
Jun 16, 1992F320 mi13 mi0 / 0
Jun 24, 2003F219 mi5.5 mi0 / 5
Jun 16, 1992F26 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1992F221 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1992F26 mi3 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1992F212 mi5 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1992F213 mi5.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1992F215 mi8 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1992F218 mi12 mi0 / 0
Aug 5, 1981F213 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 23, 1981F217 mi1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 72, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Olivia while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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