Tornado History Map

Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota tornado history

20 tornadoes recorded in or across Lake of the Woods County from 1961 to 2025, 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 Lake of the Woods County

The Storm Prediction Center records 20 tornadoes whose paths touched Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota between 1961 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 13 July 1983. The most recent was on 4 July 2025.

  • 20tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 154per 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 Lake of the Woods County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01050%
F1 / EF1840%
F2 / EF2210%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Lake of the Woods County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2000s.1960s21980s31990s22000s82010s32020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1980s3
1990s2
2000s8
2010s3
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun6Jul7Aug3Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun6
Jul7
Aug3
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Lake of the Woods County

  • Strongest: Minnesota tornado13 July 1983, F2, 4 miles long
  • Longest path: Minnesota tornado17 July 2019, EF1, 15 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado4 July 2025, EF0, 4.2 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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