Tornado History Map

Stearns County, Minnesota tornado history

59 tornadoes recorded in or across Stearns County from 1953 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 Stearns County

The Storm Prediction Center records 59 tornadoes whose paths touched Stearns County, Minnesota between 1953 and 2025. They killed 4 people and injured 73. The busiest month is June, with 17 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 3 September 1980. The most recent was on 15 May 2025.

  • 59tornadoes
  • 4deaths
  • 73injuries
  • 439per 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 Stearns County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03356%
F1 / EF11831%
F2 / EF2610%
F3 / EF323%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Stearns County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 2010s.1950s71960s101970s31980s51990s82000s82010s132020s5

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

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PeriodCount
1950s7
1960s10
1970s3
1980s5
1990s8
2000s8
2010s13
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr0May13Jun17Jul10Aug9Sep7Oct2Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May13
Jun17
Jul10
Aug9
Sep7
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Stearns County

Notable tornadoes in Stearns County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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