Storms in Minnesota in 1962
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1962, 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 1962 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
- 78
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 37
- Damage
- $605,000
- Episodes
- 31
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 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 0 | 37 | $605,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, May 10, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, May 11, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, May 12, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 13, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 16, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 17, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 22, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 29, 1962
June 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, June 10, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 16, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 1962
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 19, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, June 22, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, June 23, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 28, 1962
July 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 6, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 7, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 9, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 19, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, July 22, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, July 23, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 24, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, July 29, 1962
August 1962
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 5, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 6, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, August 31, 1962
September 1962
October 1962
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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.