NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Roseville, 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 Roseville, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 110 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 11 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 110
- EF3 or stronger
- 11
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
21 deaths in all
What the records show for Roseville
The highest rating among the 110 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 5 times; the most recent, on July 3, 1983, came within 17 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1965, killed 6 people. Of the 110, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 58 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 32. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Roseville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 84% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 440 times since 1956, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Roseville has more hail reports within 10 miles than 98% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Roseville
By decade
- 2020s15
- 2010s20
- 2000s23(1 EF3+)
- 1990s16
- 1980s9(4 EF3+)
- 1970s8
- 1960s11(3 EF3+)
- 1950s8(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 6 mi | 17.3 mi | 6 / 158 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 6 mi | 6.8 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 17 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Jul 3, 1983 | F4 | 17 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 19 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 1951 | F3 | 11 mi | 11.6 mi | 5 / 40 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | 13 mi | 5.96 mi | 1 / 17 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 4 mi | 5.5 mi | 1 / 52 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F3 | 5 mi | 16.2 mi | 1 / 83 |
| Jul 23, 1987 | F3 | 11 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 1958 | F3 | 14 mi | 59.4 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Sep 16, 2006 | F2 | 21 mi | 8 mi | 1 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 110, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Roseville
The Storm Prediction Center has 440 hail reports within 10 miles of Roseville since 1956, made on 145 separate days. Of these, 284 were 1 inch across or larger, and 24 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4 inches (softball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 8, 1966. The most recent report is from August 15, 2025. May has the most reports, 156.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Roseville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is U Of Mn St Paul, MN, 2 miles southwest of Roseville at 970 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 21°F and 6°F. June and July are the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 32.8 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 152 nights a year. Snowfall averages 40.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 32.8 inches is more than at 85 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (69%). Saint Paul, 4 miles southeast, has its own station (St Paul Downtown Airport, MN): 29.3 inches a year, 3.5 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 81°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 6 | 0.7 | 2 | 8.3 |
| Feb | 27 | 9 | 0.8 | 2 | 12.3 |
| Mar | 39 | 22 | 1.6 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Apr | 55 | 36 | 3.0 | 6 | 2.1 |
| May | 67 | 48 | 4.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 77 | 59 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 81 | 63 | 4.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 79 | 61 | 4.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 71 | 52 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 57 | 39 | 2.9 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 40 | 25 | 1.5 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Dec | 26 | 13 | 1.1 | 3 | 10.2 |
| Year | 53 | 36 | 32.8 | 62 | 40.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at U Of Mn St Paul, 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 Roseville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 321 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Roseville: 263 thunderstorm wind reports, 27 flash floods, 22 heavy rain events, 5 lightning strikes and 4 floods. They killed 3 people and injured 8, and the NWS estimated $31.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on July 23, 2005. June has had the most flash floods, 10 of 27. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 291 have had fewer than Roseville.
July 26, 2007: heavy rain event 3 miles from the centre of Roseville — 2 killed.
September 20, 2007: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Roseville — 1 killed, $200,000 damage.
April 22, 2008: lightning strike 10 miles from the centre of Roseville — 3 injured.
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
Ramsey County, which includes Roseville, has been named in 19 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 7, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Ramsey County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $181.4 million a year, the 2nd highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $68.5 million (38%), 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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