Minnesota Storm & Severe Weather History
Since 1996, Minnesota has logged 50,376 severe-weather events — about 1,625 a year — with 131 direct deaths, 849 injuries and $4.7B in reported property damage.
By event type
Hail13,546—$954.3M
Thunderstorm Wind10,70713 d$950.8M
Winter Storm5,1222 d$104.1M
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2,91514 d$55K
Heavy Snow2,8032 d$1.3M
Blizzard2,1918 d$29.2M
Winter Weather1,6843 d$3.2M
Tornado1,51213 d$869.4M
Drought1,435——
High Wind1,3491 d$13.9M
Flash Flood1,34713 d$332.3M
Flood1,3247 d$1.4B
Cold/Wind Chill1,09918 d$505K
Funnel Cloud696——
Heavy Rain668—$368K
Excessive Heat3995 d$1.2M
Events by year
19962026
Notable events (204)
Events with deaths, major damage, or a strong tornado — deadliest first.
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Counts are every logged event since 1996; the "notable" list is filtered to events with fatalities, major damage or a strong tornado. Damage is the reporting office's estimate. A record of past weather is not a forecast. See About the Data.