Tornado History Map

Benson County, North Dakota tornado history

60 tornadoes recorded in or across Benson County from 1958 to 2020, 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 Benson County

The Storm Prediction Center records 60 tornadoes whose paths touched Benson County, North Dakota between 1958 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 26 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 30 May 1958. The most recent was on 17 July 2020.

  • 60tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 432per 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 Benson County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04168%
F1 / EF11322%
F2 / EF258%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Benson County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in 2000s.1950s21960s71970s61980s51990s52000s232010s92020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s7
1970s6
1980s5
1990s5
2000s23
2010s9
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 26 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May4Jun26Jul22Aug8Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun26
Jul22
Aug8
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Benson County

  • Strongest and Longest path: North Dakota tornado30 May 1958, F3, 10.7 miles long
  • Most recent: North Dakota tornado17 July 2020, EF1, 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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