Weather alerts in Minnesota, 2026
1,985 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,985
- Warnings
- 868
- Watches
- 163
- Advisories
- 490
- Busiest month
- July441 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 10, 202678 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
1,985 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County205
- Polk County153
- Marshall County145
- Otter Tail County136
- Blue Earth County135
- Fillmore County134
- Carlton County132
- Cass County130
- Itasca County128
- Mower County127
- Becker County125
- Faribault County122
- Norman County121
- Beltrami County120
- Lake County119
- Nobles County119
- Big Stone County117
- Clay County116
- Hubbard County116
- Aitkin County115
- Clearwater County114
- Kandiyohi County114
- Renville County114
- Freeborn County114
- Martin County114
- Watonwan County114
- Pennington County112
- Traverse County112
- Brown County112
- Crow Wing County110
- Kittson County110
- Wilkin County110
- Rock County110
- Jackson County109
- Swift County109
- Waseca County109
- Olmsted County108
- Winona County108
- Stearns County108
- Steele County107
47 more counties
- Houston County107
- Mahnomen County106
- Todd County105
- Nicollet County104
- Cook County103
- Grant County103
- Red Lake County103
- Pope County103
- Chippewa County102
- Dodge County102
- Lac qui Parle County102
- Redwood County102
- Sibley County101
- Yellow Medicine County100
- Wadena County99
- Meeker County99
- Stevens County99
- Douglas County98
- Wabasha County98
- Roseau County98
- Pipestone County98
- Pine County97
- Cottonwood County97
- Koochiching County97
- Morrison County96
- McLeod County96
- Le Sueur County94
- Goodhue County93
- Kanabec County93
- Murray County93
- Mille Lacs County90
- Rice County90
- Lincoln County89
- Benton County86
- Lake of the Woods County83
- Sherburne County81
- Wright County81
- Lyon County80
- Carver County78
- Scott County76
- Dakota County75
- Isanti County75
- Chisago County73
- Washington County72
- Hennepin County70
- Ramsey County68
- Anoka County59
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.