South Clearwater 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
0
Floods since 1996
196
All events
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Deaths
$25K
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
A low temperature of 26 was reported by the RAWS site at Lake Itasca, MN 2 SE at 5:07 AM CST.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Lake Itasca, MN 2 SE RAWS site observed a low temperature of 32 at 5:07 AM CST.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
There was an observed low temperature of 21 at Lake Itasca, MN 2 SE RAWS at 5:07 AM CST.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Measured storm total snowfall of 8.0 inches by CO-OP observer station ITAM5 Lake Itasca MN 2 SSE. There was a public report 7.0 inches of snow measured 4 S of Bagley.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Report of 6 inches measured snowfall 4 miles south of Bagley.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Mesonet station ITCM5 Lake Itasca, MN 2 SE reported a minimum wind chill of -44 during this period with periodic wind chills -40 or lower during this period.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Measurement of 8.5 inches of snow 4 miles NNW of Lake Itasca at the CoCoRaHS station MN-CL-4 representing the storm total.
Drought Drought
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
SW 2 miles Zerkel 6.5 inches of snow.
Drought Drought
D2 drought conditions persisted all month.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Mesonet station GW5878 BAGLEY reported a wind chill of minus 43.
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 colder than -40F on the morning of the 20th across the area based on surrounding locations.
Drought Drought
Southern Beltrami county was in D2 drought for the entire month of January in 2025.
Drought Drought
Southeastern Clearwater county was in D2 drought for the entire month of December in 2024.
Drought Drought
Southern Clearwater County was in D2 Drought through the entire month of November.
Drought Drought
Southern Clearwater county experienced drought for 3 weeks in October. Ongoing at the end of the month.
Drought Drought
D2 drought indicated in Southern Clearwater from October 1st through the 17th, 2023.
Drought Drought
Southern Clearwater county was in D2 drought from September 5th through the end of the month.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Public reports 6 inches of snow in Bagley.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Storm total snow of 12 inches in Shevlin.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
At 735 am, Public reports 9.5 inches of storm total snow at 3 SE Lake Itasca.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Based on surrounding observations, can interpolate -40F wind chills in Clearwater county during the morning hours of January 30th.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Public reports 8.5 inches of snow 2 NE Lake Itasca. Relayed via social media.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Received a public report of from 6 to 9 inches of snow.
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.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Wind chill values fell into the range of 30 below zero to 50 below zero across much of the area.
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 -50 degrees during the evening and into the overnight hours as reported by nearby NDAWN Mesonet.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
From 6 to 10 inches of snowfall occurred across the county.
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 6 to 12 inches of snow, from the late morning through early afternoon of the 5th.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Temperatures fell into the upper 20s to low 30s on the morning of May 28th. The COOP station at Itasca State Park measured 27F, and other nearby personal weather stations measured as low as 29F.
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 40F or colder were recorded.
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.
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
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Winter Storm Winter Storm
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Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
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Blizzard Blizzard
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 |
| 2013 | 11 | 0 |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 0 |
| 2007 | 10 | 0 |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 |
| 2004 | 8 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
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