Tornado History Map

Pennington County, Minnesota tornado history

12 tornadoes recorded in or across Pennington County from 1968 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 Pennington County

The Storm Prediction Center records 12 tornadoes whose paths touched Pennington County, Minnesota between 1968 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is August, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 11 July 1980. The most recent was on 24 June 2022.

  • 12tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 195per 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 Pennington County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0433%
F1 / EF1650%
F2 / EF2217%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Pennington County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 2020s.1960s21970s11980s21990s12000s12010s12020s4

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

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s1
1980s2
1990s1
2000s1
2010s1
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun4Jul3Aug5Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun4
Jul3
Aug5
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Pennington County

  • Strongest: Minnesota tornado11 July 1980, F2, 6.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Minnesota tornado9 August 2020, EF1, 22 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado24 June 2022, EF0, 0.1 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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