Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Warren, MN

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Argyle, MN, 10 miles north of Warren at 847 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 55°F; January is the coolest, at 16°F and -5°F. June is the wettest at 4.0 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 23.0 inches over 49 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 9 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 194 nights a year. Snowfall averages 43.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 23.0 inches is more than at 3 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (2%). East Grand Forks, 20 miles southwest, has its own station (Grand Forks Univ (NWS), ND): 22.8 inches a year, 0.2 less than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 82°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 39 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Warren: 37 thunderstorm wind reports, 1 flash flood and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $160,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 17, 2016.

Flood insurance policyholders in Warren's ZIP code 56762 have filed 673 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $2.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1997: 296 claims (44% of all) and $1.3 million, then Not a named storm in 1979 with 99. 59% 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, 115 have fewer than Warren.