Storms in Minnesota in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1959, 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 1959 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
- 55
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $1.2 million
- Episodes
- 29
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, May 3, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 4, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 5, 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, May 10, 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 26, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 28, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 30, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 31, 1959
June 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, June 4, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 9, 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 1959
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 27, 1959
July 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 7, 1959
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 8, 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 17, 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, July 20, 1959
August 1959
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 3, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 9, 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, August 10, 1959
- Hail in Minnesota, August 11, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 16, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 21, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 22, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 23, 1959
September 1959
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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.