Faribault's Weather Page
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026

Storm log

Storm Log

Every National Weather Service warning for Rice County and every storm report within 20 miles of Faribault, day by day.

Warnings for Rice County

  • 59 tornado warnings since 1987
  • 342 severe thunderstorm warnings since 1986
  • 70 flood warnings since 1990
  • 98 winter warnings since 2006

How long since

the storm day on it, or the nearest one before

Warning: Issued when hazardous weather is happening, about to happen or very likely, and is a threat to life or property. National Weather Service glossary

Storm report: A local storm report: what a local National Weather Service office issues to share reports of severe or significant weather. National Weather Service glossary

Map of the area the storm log covers: Rice County, and a circle 20 miles around Faribault

The area this log covers

Every National Weather Service warning for Rice County (outlined) and every storm report inside the dashed circle, 20 miles around Faribault (the blue dot).

  • Tornado
  • Hail, 1 inch or more
  • Wind, 58 mph or damage
  • Flood, or 6 inches of snow
  • Any other report
  • Tornado warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
  • Flash flood or flood warning

Current through Nov. 3

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Storm days

110 wind days since 2004

2026 2 wind days

2025 6 wind days

Monday, April 28, 2025

Tornado 3 miles east of Morristown; Faribault under a tornado warning

  • Tornado
  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Tornado warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
5 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:38 to 5:15 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Tornado warning, 5:20 to 5:45 p.m.
  • Tornado warning, 5:44 to 6:15 p.m.
  • Tornado warning, 5:56 to 6:10 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:15 to 6:42 p.m. (Faribault outside)

2024 5 wind days

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Tornado 6 miles east-northeast of Medford; tornado warning nearby

  • Tornado
  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Tornado warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
6 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:11 to 4:45 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:41 to 5:15 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:44 to 5:30 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Tornado warning, 4:58 to 5:18 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 5:14 to 6 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 5:52 to 6:08 p.m. (Faribault outside)

2023 1 wind day

Friday, Aug. 11, 2023

Up to 1-inch hail in Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning

  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
5 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 5:44 to 6:17 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:03 to 7 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:32 to 7 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:21 to 8 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:39 to 7:46 p.m. (Faribault outside)

2022 6 wind days

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

1-inch hail in Montgomery; tornado warning nearby

  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Rain
  • Tornado warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
5 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:10 to 6:45 a.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:41 to 7:15 a.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:27 to 8:30 p.m.
  • Tornado warning, 7:38 to 8:15 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:58 to 8:45 p.m.

2021 8 wind days

2020 2 wind days

2019 4 wind days

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Wind damage in Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning

  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
4 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:13 to 4:45 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:47 to 5:15 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 5:11 to 5:45 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 5:42 to 6:02 p.m.

2018 8 wind days

Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018

Tornado in Faribault under a tornado warning

  • Tornado
  • Wind
  • Tornado warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
4 warnings
  • Tornado warning, 6:19 to 7 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:23 to 7:15 p.m.
  • Tornado warning, 6:40 to 6:53 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Tornado warning, 6:49 to 7:02 p.m. (Faribault outside)

Monday, Aug. 27, 2018

Wind damage in Faribault; tornado warning nearby

  • Tornado
  • Wind
  • Tornado warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:14 to 5:15 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 5:05 to 5:32 p.m.
  • Tornado warning, 5:16 to 5:23 p.m. (Faribault outside)

2017 6 wind days

2016 6 wind days

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Wind damage in Faribault; tornado warning nearby

  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Tornado warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
4 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:09 to 8 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:49 to 8:45 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:59 to 8:28 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Tornado warning, 8:18 to 8:36 p.m. (Faribault outside)

2015 2 wind days

2014 7 wind days

Monday, June 16, 2014

0.75-inch hail in Waseca; flash flood warning nearby

  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Flood
  • Flash flood warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
  • High wind warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 5:56 to 6:45 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Flash flood warning, 6:07 to 9 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • High wind warning, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. June 17

2013 3 wind days

2012 9 wind days

June 17 to 18, 2012

2.5-inch hail in Lonsdale; flash flood warning nearby

  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Flood
  • Flash flood warning
  • Flood warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
8 warnings
  • June 17: Severe thunderstorm warning, 11:22 p.m. to midnight June 18 (Faribault outside)
  • June 17: Flash flood warning, 11:44 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. June 18 (Faribault outside)
  • June 17: Severe thunderstorm warning, 11:58 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. June 18
  • June 18: Severe thunderstorm warning, 12:45 to 1:30 a.m. (Faribault outside)
  • June 18: Flash flood warning, 12:46 to 5 a.m. (Faribault outside)
  • June 18: Severe thunderstorm warning, 1:05 to 1:45 a.m. (Faribault outside)
  • June 18: Severe thunderstorm warning, 1:27 to 1:41 a.m. (Faribault outside)
  • June 18: Flood warning, 5:33 to 11:30 a.m. (Faribault outside)

Two storm days: June 17 (flash flood warning), June 18 (hail).

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Funnel cloud in Faribault; flash flood warnings nearby

  • Wind
  • Flood
  • Funnel cloud
  • Flash flood warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
5 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 12:44 to 1:30 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 2:30 to 3:15 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 2:59 to 3:45 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Flash flood warning, 5:57 to 10 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Flash flood warning, 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. June 15 (Faribault outside)

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Up to 1.25-inch hail in Faribault under a tornado warning

  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Flood
  • Tornado warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
4 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:45 to 7:13 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:58 to 7:45 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:30 to 8:11 p.m.
  • Tornado warning, 7:32 to 7:50 p.m.

2011 6 wind days

Friday, July 15, 2011

Wind damage in Dundas; Faribault under a flash flood warning

  • Wind
  • Flash flood warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
4 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 12:41 to 12:51 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 3:34 to 4 p.m.
  • Flash flood warning, 3:35 to 6:30 p.m.
  • Flash flood warning, 3:50 to 7 p.m. (Faribault outside)

2010 7 wind days

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Wind damage in Faribault; tornado warning nearby

  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Flood
  • Tornado warning
  • Flash flood warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
  • Flash flood warning, 8:50 p.m. to 1:25 a.m. June 27
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 8:51 to 10:15 p.m.
  • Tornado warning, 9:11 to 9:29 p.m. (Faribault outside)

2008 9 wind days

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Severe thunderstorm warning outside Faribault

  • Severe thunderstorm warning
  • High wind warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:13 to 4:45 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • High wind warning, 10:27 p.m. to 1 a.m. June 6

2007 3 wind days

2006 2 wind days

Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006

Tornado 1 mile east of Kilkenny; Faribault under a tornado warning

  • Tornado
  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Tornado warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
9 warnings
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 8:48 to 9:30 a.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 9:28 to 10:15 a.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 9:59 to 11 a.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 10:59 to 11:45 a.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 11:37 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:03 to 7 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • Tornado warning, 6:22 to 7:15 p.m.
  • Tornado warning, 7:16 to 7:45 p.m.
  • Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:43 to 8:45 p.m. (Faribault outside)

2005 6 wind days

June 7 to 8, 2005

Faribault under a flash flood warning

  • Flash flood warning
  • Severe thunderstorm warning
  • Wind
6 warnings
  • June 7: Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:53 to 8:03 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • June 7: Severe thunderstorm warning, 9:07 to 10 p.m. (Faribault outside)
  • June 7: Severe thunderstorm warning, 10:02 to 11:04 p.m.
  • June 7: Flash flood warning, 10:32 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. June 8
  • June 8: Severe thunderstorm warning, 3:32 to 4:30 a.m.
  • June 8: Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:36 to 5:15 a.m.

Two storm days: June 7 (flash flood warning), June 8 (wind).

2004 2 wind days

Charts

2026: 15 storm days so far, 9 fewer than an average year by Nov. 3.
010203040Jan.AprilJulyOct.Today2026: 15Average: 298 in 10 years

Average of 2007-2025; the band is the middle 8 in 10 of those years. Storm days: a warning for Rice County or a storm report within 20 miles.

June has the most thunderstorm days: 2.9 in an average June, 2007 to 2025.
Thunderstorm days in each month, 2007 through 2026
YearJFMAMJJASOND
202600020110110
2025001223341000
2024000027241000
2023000001430100
2022000241110000
2021001132031001
2020000022341000
2019000301632100
2018000051034000
2017001034321000
2016000105442010
2015000022301000
2014000134121000
2013000015200000
2012001067230000
2011000151530000
2010000113323000
2009000001110000
2008000022510000
2007002113251100

Thunderstorm days in each month, 2007 through 2026 (this year so far): days with a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning for Rice County, or a hail, tornado, funnel cloud, thunderstorm wind, flash flood or rain report within 20 miles (rain only from April through October). 1 or 2, 3 or more, one scale for both strips. The average is of 2007 to 2025.

December has the most winter storm days: 3.6 in an average December, 2007 to 2025.
Winter storm days in each month, 2007 through 2026
YearJFMAMJJASOND
202613310000000
2025013000000044
2024313000000002
2023544200000000
2022310000000025
2021412000000004
2020340200000213
20193103400000030
2018523500000013
2017322000000002
2016122000000014
2015113000000014
2014653200000021
2013237630000011
2012130000000005
2011122000000003
20101500000000210
2009432100000109
2008123100000008
2007363000000001

Winter storm days in each month, 2007 through 2026 (this year so far): days with a winter storm, blizzard or heavy snow warning for Rice County, or a snow or ice report within 20 miles. A day can be in both strips. 1 or 2, 3 or more, one scale for both strips. The average is of 2007 to 2025.

37 storm days since 2007 are in neither strip, mostly flood warnings and non-thunderstorm wind. They count everywhere else on this page.

The busiest two hours: 6 to 7:59 p.m., with 94 of the 438 warnings since 1986.
Warnings by the hour they were issued
HourWarnings
midnight18
1 a.m.8
2 a.m.11
3 a.m.12
4 a.m.6
5 a.m.4
6 a.m.8
7 a.m.3
8 a.m.10
9 a.m.10
10 a.m.4
11 a.m.4
noon7
1 p.m.14
2 p.m.11
3 p.m.31
4 p.m.45
5 p.m.35
6 p.m.47
7 p.m.47
8 p.m.32
9 p.m.25
10 p.m.30
11 p.m.16

Tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for Rice County since 1986, by the hour each was issued, in Faribault's time; the two busiest hours darker.