Tornado History Map

Renville County, Minnesota tornado history

34 tornadoes recorded in or across Renville County from 1963 to 2024, 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 Renville County

The Storm Prediction Center records 34 tornadoes whose paths touched Renville County, Minnesota between 1963 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 18 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 23 June 1981. The most recent was on 2 June 2024.

  • 34tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 346per 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 Renville County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01544%
F1 / EF1824%
F2 / EF2926%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating26%

Renville County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 1990s.1960s21970s31980s31990s142000s52010s22020s5

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s3
1980s3
1990s14
2000s5
2010s2
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 18 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May6Jun18Jul5Aug3Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May6
Jun18
Jul5
Aug3
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Renville County

  • Strongest: Minnesota tornado23 June 1981, F2, 6.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Minnesota tornado1 July 2011, EF1, 19.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado2 June 2024, EF0, 0.3 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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