NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Red Lake Falls, 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 Red Lake Falls, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 63 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 63
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Red Lake Falls
The strongest of the 63 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF3 on June 17, 2010; its path came within 10 miles, and it killed 1 person. Of the 63, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 39 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 22. The most recent tornado was on May 15, 2025. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 73% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Red Lake Falls. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 101 times since 1956, with stones up to 3.5 inches. Red Lake Falls has more hail reports within 10 miles than 60% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Red Lake Falls
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s16(1 EF3+)
- 2000s17
- 1990s7
- 1980s6
- 1970s8
- 1960s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2010 | EF3 | 10 mi | 15 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Jul 21, 2014 | EF2 | 5 mi | 37.92 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 2005 | F2 | 20 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 2005 | F2 | 15 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 1983 | F2 | 8 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 11, 1980 | F2 | 4 mi | 6.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 26, 1978 | F2 | 1 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 13, 1977 | F2 | 18 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Aug 9, 2021 | EF1 | 23 mi | 3.65 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 2020 | EF1 | 17 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 9, 2020 | EF1 | 13 mi | 22 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | EF1 | 22 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 63, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Red Lake Falls
The Storm Prediction Center has 101 hail reports within 10 miles of Red Lake Falls since 1956, made on 58 separate days. Of these, 52 were 1 inch across or larger, and 9 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.5 inches, fell on August 15, 1956. The most recent report is from August 14, 2025. July has the most reports, 32.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Red Lake Falls
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Red Lake Falls, MN, in Red Lake Falls at 1,038 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 79°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 15°F and -3°F. June is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 24.5 inches over 51 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 5 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 182 nights a year. Snowfall averages 49.9 inches a year, most of it in December. That 24.5 inches is more than at 6 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (5%). Crookston, 16 miles southwest, has its own station (Crookston NW Exp Stn, MN): 22.5 inches a year, 2.0 less than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 79°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | -3 | 0.6 | 2 | 10.1 |
| Feb | 20 | 0 | 0.6 | 2 | 8.6 |
| Mar | 34 | 15 | 0.9 | 2 | 7.8 |
| Apr | 51 | 30 | 1.3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| May | 66 | 43 | 2.9 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 75 | 55 | 4.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 79 | 58 | 3.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 78 | 56 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 69 | 47 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 53 | 34 | 2.1 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Nov | 35 | 19 | 0.9 | 3 | 5.6 |
| Dec | 21 | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 12.4 |
| Year | 50 | 30 | 24.5 | 51 | 49.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Red Lake Falls, MN (1,038 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 Red Lake Falls
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 34 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Red Lake Falls: 30 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods and 2 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $576,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on June 23, 2005.
April 23, 2022: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Red Lake Falls — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “Portions of County Road 92, between Plummer and Red Lake Falls were closed off due to debris jams and flooding along the Clearwater River. The Clearwater River at Plummer rose over 6 feet by the evening of the 23rd, due to the combination of a rapid snowmelt and from 1 to 2 inches of rainfall in the river basin.”
August 8, 2001: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Red Lake Falls — $110,000 damage.
NWS: “An airplane hanger and a crop dusting airplane were destroyed by the strong wind.”
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
Red Lake County, which includes Red Lake Falls, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1966, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, on July 13, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Red Lake County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $3.3 million a year, the 85th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.8 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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