Storms in Minnesota in 1966
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1966, 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 1966 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
- 71
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $2.7 million
- Episodes
- 25
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 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 24 | 0 | 5 | $2.7 million |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1966
June 1966
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 5, 1966
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 11, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 1966
- Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 22, 1966
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 24, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 25, 1966
July 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 2, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 4, 1966
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, July 5, 1966
- Hail in Minnesota, July 8, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 9, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 11, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 12, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 17, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 23, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 24, 1966
- Hail in Minnesota, July 31, 1966
August 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 5, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 6, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 7, 1966
- Tornado in Minnesota, August 9, 1966
October 1966
More
Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1966Tornadoes in Minnesota in 196619651967
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.