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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Perham, 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 Perham, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 69 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
69

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

1 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Perham

By decade

  • 2020s7
  • 2010s13(2 EF3+)
  • 2000s21
  • 1990s4
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s9
  • 1960s10
  • 1950s4
Strongest tornadoes near Perham, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 17, 2010EF414 mi39.56 mi1 / 5
Jun 17, 2010EF423 mi10 mi0 / 20
Jun 24, 2022EF215 mi30.9 mi0 / 0
Jul 8, 2020EF222 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 2008EF225 mi14.11 mi0 / 2
Jun 7, 2007EF216 mi7 mi0 / 0
Jun 29, 2005F224 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 20, 2005F211 mi4 mi0 / 0
Jun 20, 2005F220 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Sep 5, 2004F24 mi4 mi0 / 0
Oct 26, 1996F222 mi4 mi0 / 0
Oct 26, 1996F29 mi17 mi0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 69, 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 Perham 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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