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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Nashwauk, 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 Nashwauk, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 12 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
12

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

1 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Nashwauk

By decade

  • 2010s2
  • 2000s1
  • 1990s3
  • 1970s3
  • 1960s1(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Nashwauk, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Aug 6, 1969F321 mi10 mi0 / 9
Jun 7, 1977F210 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1959F219 mi30.3 mi0 / 0
Jul 1, 1958F125 mi2 mi1 / 2
Jun 19, 2016EF122 mi7.23 mi0 / 0
Jun 19, 2016EF125 mi8.12 mi0 / 0
Jul 19, 1978F110 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 19, 1971F123 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 2003F016 mi5 mi0 / 0
Jul 27, 1999F025 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1999F020 mi2 mi0 / 0
Sep 16, 1992F04 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 12, 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 Nashwauk 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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