Storms in Minnesota in 1965
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1965, 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 1965 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
- 101
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 689
- Damage
- $258 million
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 38 | 13 | 689 | $258 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 3, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 5, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 6, 1965
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 7, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 8, 1965
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, May 24, 1965
- Hail in Minnesota, May 31, 1965
June 1965
- Hail in Minnesota, June 2, 1965
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 5, 1965
- Hail in Minnesota, June 9, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 19, 1965
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 22, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 27, 1965
July 1965
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 1, 1965
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 4, 1965
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 5, 1965
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 6, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 7, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 8, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 12, 1965
- Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 16, 1965
- Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 18, 1965
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 23, 1965
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 30, 1965
- Hail in Minnesota, July 31, 1965
August 1965
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 2, 1965
- Tornado in Minnesota, August 3, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 5, 1965
- Hail in Minnesota, August 16, 1965
- Hail in Minnesota, August 24, 1965
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 25, 1965
September 1965
More
Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1965Tornadoes in Minnesota in 196519641966
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.