Hail, Koochiching
- When
- July 3, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Koochiching County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.420, -93.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 3, 1985
9 hail, 7 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $600,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
9 hail, 7 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 3, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.050, -94.120
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- July 3, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.370, -94.200
Tornado, Crow Wing
- When
- July 3, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 46.480, -93.930
Tornado, Aitkin
- When
- July 3, 6:17 PM CST
- Where
- Aitkin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 46.480, -93.930
Tornado, Crow Wing
- When
- July 3, 6:19 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.370, -94.200
Tornado, Crow Wing
- When
- July 3, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.300, -93.830
Hail, Murray
- When
- July 3, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -95.620
Tornado, Aitkin
- When
- July 3, 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Aitkin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -93.820
Tornado, Mille Lacs
- When
- July 3, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 22 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -93.770
Hail, Cottonwood
- When
- July 3, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -95.320
Tornado, Kanabec
- When
- July 3, 7:16 PM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -93.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Mille Lacs
- When
- July 3, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County
- Coordinates
- 45.930, -93.630
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- July 3, 8:13 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -93.220
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- July 3, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -93.320
Hail, Faribault
- When
- July 3, 8:43 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -93.850
Hail, Waseca
- When
- July 3, 8:43 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 3, 10:52 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 47.780, -96.620
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 3, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 3, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 3, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 3, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 3, 1985
- Hail in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 3, 1985
- Hail in Kentucky, July 3, 1985
- Hail in Massachusetts, July 3, 1985
- Hail in Missouri, July 3, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 3, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 1985
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: 10049183, 10050029, 10050030, 10050031, 10050243, 10050244, 10050245, 10050246, 10050247, 10050248, 10050249, 10050250, 10050251, 10050252, 10050253, 10050254, 10050255, 10050256.