Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2026
15 blizzard warnings in 2026. 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 in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 15
- Busiest month
- March7 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- March 14, 20264 blizzard warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 6:01 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:43 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:12 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 19 hr |
| Jan 18, 9:09 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Stevens | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:13 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:14 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Redwood and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:23 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 55 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:28 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:54 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 45 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:34 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:23 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 50 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:20 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:36 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 52 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:46 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:50 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Pine | 37 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kittson County3
- Marshall County3
- Polk County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Brown County3
- Redwood County3
- Becker County2
- Clay County2
- Grant County2
- Norman County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Wilkin County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Stevens County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Martin County2
- Watonwan County2
- Carlton County2
- Cook County2
- Lake County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Nicollet County2
- Renville County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Mahnomen County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
37 more counties
- Carver County1
- Chippewa County1
- Chisago County1
- Dakota County1
- Douglas County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Meeker County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Pope County1
- Ramsey County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Sherburne County1
- Sibley County1
- Stearns County1
- Steele County1
- Swift County1
- Todd County1
- Waseca County1
- Washington County1
- Wright County1
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Pine County1
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.