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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Barnum, MN

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Barnum, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 13 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
13

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Barnum

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2000s1
  • 1980s2
  • 1970s4
  • 1960s2(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Barnum, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 11, 1966F423 mi72.8 mi0 / 0
Jul 7, 1970F210 mi22.3 mi0 / 2
Jul 11, 2022EF115 mi4.63 mi0 / 0
Aug 14, 2020EF112 mi2.7 mi0 / 0
Jun 21, 1986F119 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 21, 1986F17 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 12, 1976F113 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 13, 1973F13 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 7, 1970F118 mi5.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 12, 2024EF017 mi7.8 mi0 / 0
Aug 14, 2020EF017 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 11, 2005F024 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 13, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Barnum while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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