Douglas County, Minnesota tornado history

30 tornadoes recorded in or across Douglas County from 1959 to 2022, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Douglas County

The Storm Prediction Center records 30 tornadoes whose paths touched Douglas County, Minnesota between 1959 and 2022. They killed 2 people and injured 24. The busiest month is June, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF4 on 17 June 2010. The most recent was on 30 May 2022.

  • 30tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 24injuries
  • 471per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Douglas County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01447%
F1 / EF1723%
F2 / EF2827%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF413%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Douglas County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2010s.1950s11960s31970s31980s51990s42000s32010s82020s3

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s3
1970s3
1980s5
1990s4
2000s3
2010s8
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May6Jun8Jul8Aug4Sep0Oct2Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May6
Jun8
Jul8
Aug4
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Douglas County

Notable tornadoes in Douglas County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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