NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Pine Island, 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 Pine Island, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 93 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 93
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Pine Island
The strongest of the 93 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on September 16, 1962; its path came within 19 miles. Of the 93, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 36 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on August 29, 2025. Pine Island has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 57% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 110 times since 1962, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Pine Island has more hail reports within 10 miles than 63% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Pine Island
By decade
- 2020s11
- 2010s22
- 2000s3
- 1990s17
- 1980s12(1 EF3+)
- 1970s7
- 1960s20(1 EF3+)
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1962 | F4 | 19 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 34 |
| May 17, 1982 | F3 | 21 mi | 46 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 17, 2010 | EF2 | 24 mi | 6.61 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 17, 1982 | F2 | 10 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 29, 1981 | F2 | in town | 0.1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 3, 1979 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 30, 1967 | F2 | 24 mi | 6.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 28, 1964 | F2 | 16 mi | 2.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 13, 1964 | F2 | 16 mi | 3.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 22, 1962 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | EF1 | 15 mi | 1.77 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 28, 2025 | EF1 | 20 mi | 3.26 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 93, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Pine Island
The Storm Prediction Center has 110 hail reports within 10 miles of Pine Island since 1962, made on 55 separate days. Of these, 59 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on June 29, 1996. The most recent report is from April 28, 2025. May has the most reports, 29.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Pine Island
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Zumbrota, MN, 7 miles north of Pine Island at 970 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°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 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 35.2 inches over 67 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 7 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 163 nights a year. Snowfall averages 43.5 inches a year, most of it in January. That 35.2 inches is more than at 108 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (87%). Oronoco, 7 miles southeast, has its own station (Byron 4north, MN): 35.9 inches a year, 0.7 more than here, and the same July average high, 81°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 10.5 |
| Feb | 27 | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 9.5 |
| Mar | 40 | 21 | 1.9 | 5 | 6.2 |
| Apr | 55 | 34 | 3.3 | 7 | 3.3 |
| May | 67 | 46 | 4.2 | 8 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 77 | 56 | 5.3 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 81 | 60 | 4.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 79 | 58 | 4.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 49 | 3.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 59 | 36 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 42 | 24 | 1.8 | 4 | 3.0 |
| Dec | 28 | 12 | 1.2 | 4 | 9.9 |
| Year | 54 | 34 | 35.2 | 67 | 43.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Zumbrota, MN (970 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 Pine Island
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 75 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Pine Island: 59 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 floods, 5 flash floods, 4 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $10.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 19, 1996. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 132 have had fewer than Pine Island.
July 23, 2011: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Pine Island — 2 injured, $35,000 damage.
September 24, 2010: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Pine Island — $7.0 million damage.
June 28, 2019: flash flood 1 mile from the centre of Pine Island — $2.0 million damage.
NWS: “Flash flooding occurred across the western sections of Olmsted County after thunderstorms dropped 3 to 7 inches of rain. The Rochester International airport was closed after water covered the runways.”
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Pine Island's ZIP code 55963 have filed 52 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $913,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2010, with 19. Of the 120 Minnesota cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 88 have fewer than Pine Island.
Goodhue County, which includes Pine Island, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 floods, 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on June 28, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Goodhue County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $26.2 million a year, the 24th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $13.9 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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Cities near Pine Island
- Oronoco, MN7 mi
- Zumbrota, MN7 mi
- Mazeppa, MN8 mi
- Mantorville, MN10 mi
- Byron, MN12 mi
- Kasson, MN12 mi
- Goodhue, MN15 mi
- Rochester, MN15 mi
- Dodge Center, MN16 mi
- Kenyon, MN16 mi
- Elgin, MN19 mi
- Hayfield, MN23 mi
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