NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Winsted, 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 Winsted, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 100 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 100
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Winsted
The highest rating among the 100 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 6, 1965, came within 16 miles. Of the 100, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 45 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 31. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2025. Winsted has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 68% of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 115 times since 1964, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Winsted has more hail reports within 10 miles than 64% of the 341 Minnesota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Winsted
By decade
- 2020s13
- 2010s16
- 2000s16
- 1990s23(2 EF3+)
- 1980s16
- 1970s5
- 1960s8(2 EF3+)
- 1950s3(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1965 | F4 | 16 mi | 12.3 mi | 3 / 175 |
| Jun 19, 1951 | F4 | 2 mi | 52.6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Jul 1, 1997 | F3 | 11 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F3 | 9 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 8 |
| May 6, 1965 | F3 | 4 mi | 15.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1965 | F2 | 13 mi | 11.2 mi | 1 / 175 |
| Jul 1, 1997 | F2 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 1, 1997 | F2 | 24 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 19 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 1983 | F2 | 16 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F2 | 18 mi | 2.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 27, 1977 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 100, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Winsted
The Storm Prediction Center has 115 hail reports within 10 miles of Winsted since 1964, made on 64 separate days. Of these, 56 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 27, 2016. The most recent report is from June 16, 2025. June has the most reports, 36.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Winsted
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dassel 3SE, MN, 12 miles northwest of Winsted at 1,065 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 21°F and 2°F. June is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 28.9 inches over 57 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 9 days a year, almost all from May to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 158 nights a year. Snowfall averages 41.1 inches a year, most of it in February. That 28.9 inches is more than at 40 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (32%). Lester Prairie, 5 miles south, has its own station (Hutchinson 1 N, MN): 29.9 inches a year, 1.0 more than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 5.6 |
| Feb | 26 | 6 | 0.9 | 3 | 11.4 |
| Mar | 39 | 19 | 1.4 | 4 | 6.0 |
| Apr | 55 | 34 | 2.7 | 6 | 5.1 |
| May | 68 | 47 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 58 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 62 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 60 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 51 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 37 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 41 | 23 | 1.3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Dec | 26 | 11 | 0.9 | 4 | 9.4 |
| Year | 54 | 34 | 28.9 | 57 | 41.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Dassel 3SE, MN (1,065 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 Winsted
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 126 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Winsted: 110 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 heavy rain events, 4 flash floods, 3 floods and 3 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on July 1, 1997.
June 17, 2012: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Winsted — $300,000 damage.
July 1, 2011: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Winsted — $250,000 damage.
June 11, 2001: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Winsted — $100,000 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
McLeod County, which includes Winsted, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on June 28, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives McLeod County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $17.4 million a year, the 36th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.1 million (41%), 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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