NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Spicer, 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 Spicer, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 99 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 99
- 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 Spicer
The highest rating among the 99 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on July 11, 2008, came within 11 miles. Of the 99, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 61 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on May 15, 2025. Spicer has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 67% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 89 times since 1976, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Spicer has more hail reports within 10 miles than 52% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Spicer
By decade
- 2020s10
- 2010s25
- 2000s26(1 EF3+)
- 1990s13
- 1980s2
- 1970s7
- 1960s9(1 EF3+)
- 1950s7
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2008 | EF3 | 11 mi | 7.98 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 5, 1964 | F3 | 25 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 11, 2016 | EF2 | 21 mi | 3.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 2009 | EF2 | 25 mi | 7.86 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1952 | F2 | 20 mi | 8.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 2020 | EF1 | 6 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 19, 2017 | EF1 | 22 mi | 8.18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 19, 2017 | EF1 | 21 mi | 9.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 19, 2017 | EF1 | 16 mi | 12.59 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 11, 2017 | EF1 | 8 mi | 1.63 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 12, 2010 | EF1 | 22 mi | 6.23 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 2009 | EF1 | 1 mi | 6.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 99, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Spicer
The Storm Prediction Center has 89 hail reports within 10 miles of Spicer since 1976, made on 63 separate days. Of these, 52 were 1 inch across or larger, and 11 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 3 days, most recently May 9, 2022. The most recent report is from August 3, 2024. June has the most reports, 24.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Spicer
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is New London, MN, 5 miles north of Spicer at 1,250 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 20°F and 1°F. June is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and January and December the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 31.5 inches over 61 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 165 nights a year. Snowfall averages 50.2 inches a year, most of it in January. That 31.5 inches is more than at 71 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (57%). Willmar, 10 miles southwest, has its own station (Willmar Wwtp, MN): 28.6 inches a year, 2.9 less than here, and the same July average high, 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | 1 | 0.9 | 3 | 10.3 |
| Feb | 25 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 9.1 |
| Mar | 38 | 17 | 1.8 | 4 | 8.4 |
| Apr | 54 | 31 | 3.1 | 6 | 4.7 |
| May | 68 | 46 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 57 | 4.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 61 | 4.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 59 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 72 | 50 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 57 | 35 | 2.6 | 6 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 39 | 22 | 1.6 | 3 | 9.0 |
| Dec | 25 | 9 | 0.9 | 3 | 7.9 |
| Year | 53 | 33 | 31.5 | 61 | 50.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at New London, MN (1,250 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 Spicer
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 52 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Spicer: 40 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 heavy rain events, 3 flash floods, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $880,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on July 14, 2009.
June 28, 1997: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Spicer — 1 injured.
June 17, 2012: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Spicer — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “A line of severe straight-line winds, estimated over 75 mph, occurred north of Kandiyohi, then southeast to the city of Atwater. Numerous trees were uprooted, several barns were damaged or destroyed, windows were blown out in several communities, and power was out for several hours.”
August 10, 2016: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Spicer — $250,000 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
Kandiyohi County, which includes Spicer, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 severe storms, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 9, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Kandiyohi 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, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $17.7 million a year, the 34th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.4 million (42%), 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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