East Becker County, Minnesota
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1996 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
1
Floods since 1996
215
All events
0
Deaths
$121K
Property damage
Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Reported low temperatures ranged from 25 to 30 across east Becker County. The lowest temperature reported was 25 at the Frazee, MN 3 E CWOP at 5:25 AM CST.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Osage, MN 5 NW HADS site observed a low temperature of 31 at 5:30 AM CST. Pine Point, MN NDAWN observed a low temperature of 32 at 5:25 AM CST.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Reported low temperatures ranged from 25 to 28 across eastern Becker County. The lowest temperature of 25 was reported by Pine Point, MN NDAWN at 5:05 AM CST.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Measured storm total snow of 11.0 inches at Ponsford, MN in eastern Becker County, MN. There was another public report of 6 inches of snow measured at Wolf Lake, MN at 0800 CST on April 4 with the snow still falling, which was not a storm total for that location.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Cocorahs station MN-BK-16 Park Rapids MN 15.3 NW measured 6.7 inches of snow.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
The mesonet station MN138 Osage, MN DOT reported frequent wind chills -40 or lower with a minimum wind chill of -55.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Report of 11 inches of snow 5 miles west of Menahga, MN in southeast Becker County. There was also a measurement of 10.5 inches 9 miles SSE of Naytahwaush in far northern Becker county at the Elbow Lake Village just southeast of the Mahnomen County line.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Two Inlets observer reported 6.0 inch storm total.
Drought Drought
Blizzard Blizzard
Surrounding Blizzard conditions within the county as picked up on ASOS. Started at 8am lasting through noon.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Storm total snow of 6 inches.
Drought Drought
D2 drought conditions persisted all month.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Mesonet station MN138 Osage MN DOT measured a -50 wind chill.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Mesonet reported a wind chill of 43 degrees.
Drought Drought
D2 drought persisted all month.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Wind and cold air temperatures combined to create excessive cold conditions with apparent temperature as cold as -51F on the morning of the 20th at Osage MN DOT sensor.
Drought Drought
Southern Beltrami county was in D2 drought for the entire month of January in 2025.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Snow Squall. KDTL sensor went from 14G29 3/4SM -SN at 1555Z to 28G46 -1/4SM +SN at 1615Z with corresponding radar signature.
Drought Drought
Eastern Becker county was in D2 drought for the entire month of December in 2024.
Drought Drought
Eastern Becker County was in D2 Drought through the entire month of November.
Drought Drought
Becker county experienced 2 weeks of D2 drought in October, ongoing at the end of the month.
High Wind High Wind
Osage, MN DOT sensor reported a peak wind gust of 62 MPH.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
CoCoRaHS 4W Menahga reports 7.0 inches of storm total snow.
Drought Drought
East Becker experienced D2 drought from September 1st through September 26th.
Drought Drought
D2 drought began in East Becker county on August 22nd. It continued through the end of the month.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
CoCoRaHS station 3 NW Two Inlets reports 7.5 inches of snow.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
CoCoRaHS station 4 W Menahga reports 7.4 inches of snow.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
CoCoRaHS station NW Two Inlets reports 7 inches of snow.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Public reports 6 inches of snow in SE Becker county.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Public reports 9.5 inches of snow 10 NW Ponsford. This is the storm total for the February 28th - March 1st storm.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Pine Point 2N NDAWN reported wind chills below -40F for multiple hours, with the lowest being -42F.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
Frazee RWIS reports 46 mph wind gust at 220PM.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
CoCoRaHS station 3WNW Two Inlets reports 15.7 inches. Storm total snow.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Public reports half an inch (0.5 inches) of freezing rain near Ponsford. Relayed via Facebook, storm total.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
From 6 to 10 inches of snow was reported across most of the county, along with periods of significantly reduced visibilities in snow and blowing snow as winds frequently gusted to 35 mph. Bitter cold wind chills of from minus 30F to minus 50F through the morning hours of the 21st…
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard conditions prevailed through the late morning and into much of the afternoon, with visibility down to 1/4 mile and winds frequently gusting over 35 mph.
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Temperatures fell as low as 20 below zero, with winds ranging from 10 to 20 mph.
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Wind chill values across the area fell into the range of 20 below zero to 40 below zero.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Overnight low temperatures dropped from minus 15 to minus 25 F, with winds of 10 to 20 mph producing wind chills from minus 35 to minus 55 F.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Temperatures plummeted well below zero, ranging from minus 25 to minus 35 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind chills of from minus 35 to minus 50F, throughout the overnight hours of the 5th through the morning of the 6th, and again from the late afternoon of the 6th through the morning…
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Wind chill values fell as low as -48 degrees during the evening and into the overnight hours as reported by NDAWN Mesonet.
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Wind chills fell to -36 degrees at nearby NDAWN Mesonet sites.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
From 6 to 11 inches of snowfall occurred across the county, mainly through the late evening and early morning hours.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Most locations received a mix of from 0.10 to 0.20 inches of sleet or freezing rain, from 3 to 5 inches of snow, and winds sustained at 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Much of the county received from 5 to 10 inches of snow, from the late morning through early afternoon of the 5th.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Heavy snow of from 6 to 9 inches was reported across the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Cooperative Observer, AWOS, and Mesonet sensors reported morning low wind chill temperatures of from minus 35F to minus 45F, each day. Air temperatures of minus 35F or colder were recorded.
Blizzard Blizzard
From 1 to 4 inches of fresh snow and winds gusting from 45 to 55 mph combined to produce widespread blizzard conditions.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Early morning temperatures ranged from 22 to 32 degrees across the area.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 9 | 0 |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 |
| 2013 | 12 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 |
| 2009 | 10 | 0 |
| 2008 | 14 | 0 |
| 2007 | 12 | 0 |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 |
| 2004 | 8 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
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