Hail, Becker
- When
- June 5, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Becker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -95.620
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 5, 1980
15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- June 5, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.420, -95.670
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- June 5, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.350, -94.170
Hail, Aitkin
- When
- June 5, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Aitkin County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -93.270
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- June 5, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -94.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Crow Wing
- When
- June 5, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -94.130
Hail, Pope
- When
- June 5, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.330, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- June 5, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.220
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- June 5, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -93.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Crow Wing
- When
- June 5, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -94.130
Hail, Brown
- When
- June 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.220, -93.920
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- June 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- June 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.220, -93.920
Hail, Swift
- When
- June 5, 7:16 PM CST
- Where
- Swift County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -96.020
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- June 5, 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.270, -95.480
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- June 5, 7:21 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -92.470
Tornado, Winona
- When
- June 5, 7:52 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -91.850
Tornado, Olmsted
- When
- June 5, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -92.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- June 5, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -92.650
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- June 5, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -92.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabasha
- When
- June 5, 8:11 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County
- Coordinates
- 44.230, -92.270
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- June 5, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -92.120
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- June 5, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 5, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -92.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Norman
- When
- June 5, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Norman County
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.650
Hail, Dodge
- When
- June 5, 8:53 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.750
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10052668, 10052669, 10052670, 10052671, 10052672, 10052673, 10052674, 10052675, 10052676, 10052677, 10052678, 10052679, 10052680, 10052681, 10052682, 10052683, 10052684, 10052685, 10052686, 10052687, 10052688, 10052689, 10052690, 10052691, 10052692, 10052693.