NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Starbuck, 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 Starbuck, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 105 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 105
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Starbuck
The strongest of the 105 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on June 18, 1964; its path came within 5 miles. Of the 105, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 65 have come since 2000. May and June have had the most tornadoes, 29 each. The most recent tornado was on May 15, 2025. Starbuck has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 78% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 88 times since 1956, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Starbuck has more hail reports within 10 miles than 50% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Starbuck
By decade
- 2020s12
- 2010s31
- 2000s22
- 1990s16
- 1980s5
- 1970s7
- 1960s7(1 EF3+)
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1964 | F3 | 5 mi | 6.2 mi | 0 / 13 |
| May 30, 2022 | EF2 | 13 mi | 19.63 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 2009 | EF2 | 13 mi | 7.86 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 11, 2001 | F2 | 18 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 7 |
| Oct 26, 1996 | F2 | 17 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 20 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F2 | 21 mi | 12.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 5, 1965 | F2 | 23 mi | 24.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 7, 1959 | F2 | 8 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 15, 1954 | F2 | 8 mi | 7.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1953 | F2 | 9 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1952 | F2 | 19 mi | 8.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 105, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Starbuck
The Storm Prediction Center has 88 hail reports within 10 miles of Starbuck since 1956, made on 62 separate days. Of these, 62 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on July 11, 2008. The most recent report is from July 25, 2023. June has the most reports, 33.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Starbuck
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Glenwood 2WNW, MN, 8 miles northeast of Starbuck at 1,198 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 23°F and 2°F. June is the wettest at 4.3 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 26.4 inches over 52 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 9 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 175 nights a year. Snowfall averages 46.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 26.4 inches is more than at 17 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (14%). Morris, 17 miles west, has its own station (Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, MN): 27.0 inches a year, 0.6 more than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 10.6 |
| Feb | 27 | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | 8.9 |
| Mar | 40 | 19 | 1.1 | 3 | 7.6 |
| Apr | 57 | 31 | 2.1 | 5 | 2.9 |
| May | 70 | 44 | 3.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 79 | 54 | 4.3 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 58 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 81 | 56 | 3.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 74 | 47 | 2.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 59 | 34 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 41 | 21 | 1.0 | 3 | 5.3 |
| Dec | 28 | 8 | 0.7 | 2 | 10.4 |
| Year | 55 | 31 | 26.4 | 52 | 46.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Glenwood 2WNW, MN (1,198 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 Starbuck
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 61 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Starbuck: 55 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods and 1 flood. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $11.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 83 mph, on May 12, 2022. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 132 have had fewer than Starbuck.
June 7, 2005: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Starbuck — 1 killed, 1 injured, $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Significant flooding was reported in the North Fork Zumbro River watershed during the evening of the 7th after 3 to 6 inches of rain fell. 8 inches of which fell between 9:30 and 10:30 PM.”
June 24, 2003: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Starbuck — $10.0 million damage.
NWS: “A wide swath of wind originated in Kandiyohi County and swept across Meeker, Renville and McLeod Counties. Numerous trees were downed, sheds and outbuildings blown over, several barns were flattened, and grain bins blown over.”
June 21, 2013: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Starbuck — $1.0 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
Pope County, which includes Starbuck, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on July 19, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Pope County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and strong wind; Very Low for lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.3 million a year, the 67th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.9 million (58%), 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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