153
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.8M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Redwood County, Minnesota: 153 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #1,487 nationally and #32 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Redwood County, Minnesota: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Redwood County is the 1990s, when 36 of the county's 153 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Redwood County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 40.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,487 for this hazard and #32 within Minnesota, putting it in the 52.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Redwood County with 43 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2025 | REDWOOD FALLS ARPT | 59 | $0 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | REDWOOD FALLS ARPT | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 10, 2024 | GILFILLAN | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 22, 2023 | MILROY | 58 | $0 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | GILFILLAN | 50 | $0 |
| Oct 24, 2022 | REDWOOD FALLS ARPT | 54 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2022 | REDWOOD FALLS ARPT | 59 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2022 | REDWOOD FALLS ARPT | 56 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2022 | MILROY | 54 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2022 | MILROY | 51 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Redwood County
- Hail 153
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A long-lived and complex storm moved into western Redwood County around 322 PM CST, and moved northeast across mainly the northern 1/3 of the county before moving into portions of far southeast Yellow Medicine County and western Renville County. ||Several hundred trees were either snapped or uprooted along with damage to several outbuildings and large grain storage bins. There were also reported areas of crops destroyed but either the wind or hail. Based on the damage reports and radar imagery, wind speeds were likely sustained above 70 to 90 mph, (isolated 100 mph wind gusts) for 10 to 15 minutes in any given location as the storm traversed the county.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Redwood County, Minnesota?
153 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Redwood County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Redwood County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Redwood County measured 87.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Redwood County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Redwood County, Minnesota.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/minnesota/redwood-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.