Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota
705 winter storm 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 705
- Busiest year
- 201964 winter storm warnings
- Average year
- 32over 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.
- Saint Louis County155
- Lake County129
- Cook County127
- Carlton County96
- Otter Tail County83
- Becker County82
- Clearwater County82
- Beltrami County80
- Aitkin County80
- Washington County80
- Clay County78
- Pine County78
- Polk County77
- Wilkin County77
- Hennepin County77
- Sibley County77
- Chippewa County76
- Lac qui Parle County76
- Wadena County76
- Anoka County76
- Nicollet County76
- Cass County75
- Renville County75
- Yellow Medicine County75
- Itasca County74
- Mahnomen County74
- Redwood County74
- Todd County74
- Chisago County74
- Rice County74
- Benton County73
- Stevens County73
- Brown County73
- Dakota County73
- Ramsey County73
- Douglas County72
- Kanabec County72
- Mille Lacs County72
- Sherburne County72
- Swift County72
47 more counties
- Hubbard County71
- Carver County71
- Dodge County71
- Le Sueur County71
- Scott County71
- Wabasha County71
- Winona County71
- McLeod County70
- Pope County70
- Isanti County70
- Olmsted County70
- Kandiyohi County69
- Koochiching County69
- Meeker County69
- Grant County68
- Morrison County68
- Norman County68
- Fillmore County68
- Goodhue County68
- Mower County68
- Houston County67
- Watonwan County67
- Crow Wing County67
- Stearns County66
- Wright County66
- Steele County66
- Waseca County66
- Marshall County65
- Blue Earth County65
- Lake of the Woods County64
- Freeborn County63
- Red Lake County62
- Faribault County62
- Martin County62
- Lyon County59
- Pennington County59
- Big Stone County57
- Lincoln County57
- Murray County57
- Roseau County56
- Traverse County55
- Cottonwood County54
- Pipestone County50
- Nobles County48
- Kittson County47
- Jackson County44
- Rock County44
The latest winter storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:23 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Todd | 33 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:10 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 45 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:52 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 54 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:42 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 52 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:11 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Brown, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur and 9 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:13 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 54 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:07 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Ramsey, Sibley and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:23 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 44 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:58 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 60 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:28 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 54 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:30 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 46 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:37 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 28 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.