NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Minnesota Hurricane and Tornado History
Every city, with the storms and tornadoes that came near it.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Minnesota has 2,193 tornadoes on record since 1950, 74 of them EF3 or stronger, with 98 deaths. No hurricane has passed within 75 miles of any city in the state; the most tornado-prone is Albert Lea (146).
- Cities
- 341
- Tornadoes in state
- 2,193
- EF3 or stronger
- 74
- Tornado deaths
- 98
since 1950
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Hail in Minnesota
Tornado season brings hail too. Radar-estimated hail days for Minnesota since 2019, with sizes and a map of each storm's swath.