NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Saint Peter, 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 Saint Peter, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 127 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 127
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Saint Peter
The strongest of the 127 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on March 29, 1998; its path came within 14 miles, and it killed 1 person. The deadliest, an F3 on August 24, 2006, killed 1 person. Of the 127, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 64 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 39. The most recent tornado was on September 4, 2025. Saint Peter has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 96% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 49 times since 1956, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 85% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Saint Peter.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Saint Peter
By decade
- 2020s12
- 2010s33
- 2000s19(1 EF3+)
- 1990s26(3 EF3+)
- 1980s18
- 1970s8
- 1960s6
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 1998 | F4 | 14 mi | 73.5 mi | 1 / 19 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F3 | 5 mi | 33 mi | 1 / 37 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F3 | 1 mi | 12 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F3 | 2 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 14, 1976 | F2 | 7 mi | 24.6 mi | 1 / 6 |
| May 6, 1965 | F2 | 23 mi | 11.2 mi | 1 / 175 |
| Jun 25, 2010 | EF2 | 23 mi | 1.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 25, 2010 | EF2 | 18 mi | 0.86 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 25, 2010 | EF2 | 15 mi | 4.34 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 2003 | F2 | 18 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 2003 | F2 | 17 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 1998 | F2 | 8 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 2 |
The strongest 12 of 127, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Saint Peter
The Storm Prediction Center has 49 hail reports within 10 miles of Saint Peter since 1956, made on 36 separate days. Of these, 30 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on July 17, 1981. The most recent report is from July 21, 2025. June has the most reports, 20.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Saint Peter
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is St Peter, MN, 2 miles southeast of Saint Peter at 795 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 22°F and 3°F. June is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 32.6 inches over 59 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 163 nights a year. Snowfall averages 37.9 inches a year, most of it in December. That 32.6 inches is more than at 82 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (66%). North Mankato, 11 miles south, has its own station (Mankato, MN): 33.9 inches a year, 1.3 more than here, and the same July average high, 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 8.8 |
| Feb | 27 | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 8.2 |
| Mar | 40 | 21 | 1.8 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Apr | 55 | 33 | 3.1 | 6 | 2.7 |
| May | 68 | 46 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 57 | 5.1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 61 | 4.4 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 79 | 59 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 49 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 35 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 42 | 23 | 1.7 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Dec | 28 | 11 | 1.2 | 3 | 10.6 |
| Year | 54 | 34 | 32.6 | 59 | 37.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at St Peter, MN (795 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 Saint Peter
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 72 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Saint Peter: 54 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 floods, 5 flash floods and 5 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $5.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on July 20, 1998. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 132 have had fewer than Saint Peter.
March 21, 2011: flood 6 miles from the centre of Saint Peter — 1 killed.
June 18, 2014: flood 10 miles from the centre of Saint Peter — $3.9 million damage.
June 18, 2014: flood 5 miles from the centre of Saint Peter — $1.1 million 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 Saint Peter's ZIP code 56082 have filed 33 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $286,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 33% 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, 67 have fewer than Saint Peter.
Nicollet County, which includes Saint Peter, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on June 28, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Nicollet County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for hail; Relatively Low for tornadoes, inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $18.1 million a year, the 32nd highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $8.5 million (47%), 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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