Storms in Minnesota in 1956
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1956, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Minnesota in 1956 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 46
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $275,000
- Episodes
- 24
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 9 | 0 | 0 | $275,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 10, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 28, 1956
June 1956
- Hail in Minnesota, June 13, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 16, 1956
- Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 21, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 22, 1956
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 23, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 29, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 30, 1956
July 1956
- Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 14, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 18, 1956
August 1956
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 1956
- Hail in Minnesota, August 7, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 12, 1956
- Hail in Minnesota, August 15, 1956
- Hail in Minnesota, August 17, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 28, 1956
- Tornado in Minnesota, August 30, 1956
October 1956
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.