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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Red Wing, 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 Wing, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 79 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
79

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

4 deaths in all

What the records show for Red Wing

The highest rating among the 79 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 3 times; the most recent, on July 27, 1987, came within 9 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on May 10, 1953, killed 4 people. Of the 79, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 36 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 23. The most recent tornado was on June 25, 2025. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 57% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Red Wing. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 53 times since 1961, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 79% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Red Wing.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Red Wing

By decade

  • 2020s8
  • 2010s17
  • 2000s11
  • 1990s11
  • 1980s13(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s5
  • 1960s10
  • 1950s4(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Red Wing, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 27, 1987F39 mi30 mi0 / 0
May 24, 1958F321 mi59.4 mi0 / 12
Sep 12, 1951F323 mi24.4 mi0 / 1
May 10, 1953F221 mi105.7 mi4 / 27
Jul 14, 2010EF218 mi6.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 2010EF216 mi15.2 mi0 / 0
May 9, 2001F222 mi12 mi0 / 1
Apr 29, 1981F224 mi0.1 mi0 / 2
Oct 3, 1979F213 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
May 15, 1968F219 mi15.4 mi0 / 3
Jul 22, 1967F221 mi9.2 mi0 / 3
Aug 28, 1964F218 mi2.7 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 79, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Red Wing

The Storm Prediction Center has 53 hail reports within 10 miles of Red Wing since 1961, made on 40 separate days. Of these, 37 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), fell on May 30, 1985. The most recent report is from August 11, 2023. June has the most reports, 15.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

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Weather by month in Red Wing

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Red Wing Dam 3, MN, 6 miles northwest of Red Wing at 677 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 23°F and 6°F. June is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 32.6 inches over 63 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 10 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 154 nights a year. That 32.6 inches is more than at 82 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (66%). Goodhue, 10 miles southwest, has its own station (Zumbrota, MN): 35.2 inches a year, 2.6 more than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 82°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Red Wing Dam 3, MN
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan2360.82
Feb2890.92
Mar41221.74
Apr56362.97
May68484.18
Jun78585.18
Jul82623.87
Aug80604.57
Sep73523.76
Oct59392.55
Nov42261.64
Dec29141.03
Year553632.663

Averages for 1991–2020 at Red Wing Dam 3, MN (677 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.

Minnesota weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Red Wing

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 70 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Red Wing: 60 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 heavy rain events, 3 flash floods, 2 lightning strikes and 1 flood. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $4.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 82 mph, on August 27, 2018.

  • June 10, 2016: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Red Wing — 1 killed, 1 injured.

    NWS: “Numerous trees were blown down between Red Wing and Wacouta. An individual was injured during this storm from a fallen tree that landed on a detached garage, and trapped him as the garage collapsed.”

  • June 29, 1996: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Red Wing — $3.5 million damage.

  • May 30, 1998: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Red Wing — $300,000 damage.

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 Red Wing's ZIP code 55066 have filed 48 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $619,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Severe flooding in 2001: 13 claims (27% of all) and $249,000, then Flooding in 1997 with 12. 56% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 120 Minnesota cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 86 have fewer than Red Wing.

Flood insurance claims in Red Wing by named event
EventClaimsPaid
Severe flooding200113$249,000
Flooding199712$74,000

Goodhue County, which includes Red Wing, 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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