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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Janesville, 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 Janesville, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 128 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
128

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
9

17 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Janesville

By decade

  • 2020s9
  • 2010s35(2 EF3+)
  • 2000s17(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s24(2 EF3+)
  • 1980s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s10
  • 1960s14(3 EF3+)
  • 1950s3
Strongest tornadoes near Janesville, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 30, 1967F411 mi20.1 mi6 / 22
Apr 30, 1967F424 mi38.7 mi5 / 35
Jun 17, 2010EF423 mi16.91 mi1 / 14
Apr 30, 1967F312 mi18.4 mi2 / 23
Aug 24, 2006F310 mi33 mi1 / 37
Mar 29, 1998F320 mi12 mi1 / 0
Jun 17, 2010EF320 mi18.15 mi0 / 0
Mar 29, 1998F320 mi6 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 1984F324 mi14 mi0 / 12
Jun 14, 1976F212 mi24.6 mi1 / 6
Dec 15, 2021EF222 mi2.17 mi0 / 0
Sep 20, 2018EF223 mi2.95 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 128, 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 Janesville 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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