Sherburne County, Minnesota tornado history

14 tornadoes recorded in or across Sherburne County from 1965 to 2017, 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 Sherburne County

The Storm Prediction Center records 14 tornadoes whose paths touched Sherburne County, Minnesota between 1965 and 2017. They killed 1 person and injured 12. The busiest month is May, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 22 July 1967. The most recent was on 6 March 2017.

  • 14tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 12injuries
  • 323per 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 Sherburne County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01286%
F1 / EF117%
F2 / EF217%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Sherburne County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 2000s.1960s21970s11980s21990s22000s42010s3

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s1
1980s2
1990s2
2000s4
2010s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr1May4Jun3Jul4Aug1Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May4
Jun3
Jul4
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Sherburne County

  • Deadliest and Strongest and Longest path: Minnesota tornado22 July 1967, F2, 1 death, 12 injuries, 16.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado6 March 2017, EF1, 8.8 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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