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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hutchinson, 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 Hutchinson, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 84 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
84

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

2 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hutchinson

By decade

  • 2020s6
  • 2010s18
  • 2000s15
  • 1990s22(2 EF3+)
  • 1980s9
  • 1970s8
  • 1960s4(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s2(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Hutchinson, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 19, 1951F41 mi52.6 mi1 / 20
Jul 1, 1997F324 mi5 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1992F311 mi10 mi0 / 8
May 6, 1965F315 mi15.5 mi0 / 0
May 6, 1965F225 mi11.2 mi1 / 175
Jul 11, 2016EF218 mi3.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 24, 2003F215 mi5.5 mi0 / 5
Jun 13, 1983F2in town1 mi0 / 0
Jul 27, 1977F25 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
May 30, 2022EF117 mi18.49 mi0 / 0
Aug 14, 2020EF110 mi2.44 mi0 / 0
Jul 25, 2020EF121 mi1.89 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 84, 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 Hutchinson 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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