Itasca County, Minnesota tornado history

13 tornadoes recorded in or across Itasca County from 1975 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 Itasca County

The Storm Prediction Center records 13 tornadoes whose paths touched Itasca County, Minnesota between 1975 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 7 June 1977. The most recent was on 30 May 2022.

  • 13tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 49per 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 Itasca County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0538%
F1 / EF1754%
F2 / EF218%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Itasca County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1990s.1970s31980s21990s42000s12010s12020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1970s3
1980s2
1990s4
2000s1
2010s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May3Jun4Jul3Aug1Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun4
Jul3
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Itasca County

  • Strongest: Minnesota tornado7 June 1977, F2, 0.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Minnesota tornado19 June 2016, EF1, 8.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado30 May 2022, EF1, 2.5 miles long

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

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