Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota
290 blizzard warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 290
- Busiest year
- 201431 blizzard warnings
- Average year
- 13over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County65
- Marshall County64
- Clay County62
- Norman County62
- Kittson County61
- Wilkin County60
- Big Stone County56
- Traverse County56
- Otter Tail County47
- Grant County46
- Lincoln County46
- Lyon County45
- Stevens County43
- Chippewa County42
- Swift County42
- Yellow Medicine County42
- Lac qui Parle County41
- Cottonwood County41
- Pipestone County40
- Murray County40
- Brown County39
- Renville County38
- Redwood County37
- Faribault County36
- Jackson County36
- Martin County36
- Watonwan County36
- Pope County36
- Blue Earth County35
- Nicollet County35
- Nobles County35
- Freeborn County33
- Waseca County31
- Douglas County31
- Steele County31
- Kandiyohi County31
- Becker County29
- Sibley County28
- Le Sueur County26
- Rock County25
47 more counties
- Pennington County24
- Red Lake County24
- Mahnomen County21
- McLeod County21
- Dodge County20
- Mower County20
- Rice County20
- Meeker County20
- Roseau County19
- Olmsted County19
- Fillmore County17
- Saint Louis County17
- Lake County15
- Stearns County15
- Goodhue County14
- Carver County14
- Carlton County13
- Scott County13
- Todd County12
- Wright County12
- Wabasha County11
- Cook County11
- Winona County9
- Houston County8
- Dakota County8
- Wadena County6
- Clearwater County5
- Hubbard County5
- Anoka County4
- Hennepin County4
- Ramsey County4
- Washington County4
- Sherburne County4
- Beltrami County3
- Chisago County3
- Isanti County3
- Morrison County3
- Aitkin County2
- Cass County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Benton County2
- Kanabec County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Pine County2
- Itasca County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Koochiching County1
The latest blizzard warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 1:50 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Pine | 37 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:46 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:36 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 52 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:20 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:23 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 50 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:34 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 16 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:54 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 45 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:28 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:23 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 55 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:14 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Redwood and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:13 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 18, 9:09 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Stevens | 12 hr |
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.