Tornado History Map

Rice County, Minnesota tornado history

47 tornadoes recorded in or across Rice County from 1959 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 Rice County

The Storm Prediction Center records 47 tornadoes whose paths touched Rice County, Minnesota between 1959 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 12 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 17 May 1982. The most recent was on 28 April 2025.

  • 47tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 4injuries
  • 948per 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 Rice County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02451%
F1 / EF11430%
F2 / EF2613%
F3 / EF324%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Rice County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in 2010s.1950s11960s51980s31990s122000s32010s152020s8

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s5
1980s3
1990s12
2000s3
2010s15
2020s8
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr2May12Jun7Jul6Aug6Sep12Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr2
May12
Jun7
Jul6
Aug6
Sep12
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Rice County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Minnesota tornado17 May 1982, F3, 46 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado28 April 2025, EF1, 3.3 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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