Mower County, Minnesota tornado history

40 tornadoes recorded in or across Mower County from 1959 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 Mower County

The Storm Prediction Center records 40 tornadoes whose paths touched Mower County, Minnesota between 1959 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 14 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 11 June 2004. The most recent was on 5 August 2024.

  • 40tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 12injuries
  • 562per 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 Mower County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02153%
F1 / EF11025%
F2 / EF2820%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Mower County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2000s.1950s21960s61970s41980s31990s82000s122020s5

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s6
1970s4
1980s3
1990s8
2000s12
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr8May7Jun14Jul4Aug4Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr8
May7
Jun14
Jul4
Aug4
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec2

Records for Mower County

  • Strongest: Iowa tornado11 June 2004, F3, 12 miles long
  • Longest path: Minnesota tornado5 May 1965, F2, 23.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado5 August 2024, EF0, 2.7 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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