Hail, Hennepin
- When
- October 14, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.180
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, October 14, 1966
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Freeborn
- When
- October 14, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -93.600
Hail, Steele
- When
- October 14, 1:23 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -93.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- October 14, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -93.000
Hail, Freeborn
- When
- October 14, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -93.180
Hail, Freeborn
- When
- October 14, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- October 14, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -91.680
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, October 14, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, October 14, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, October 14, 1966
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, October 14, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, October 14, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 14, 1966
- Hail in Michigan, October 14, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 14, 1966
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1966Every state in 1966This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1966
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10052232, 10052233, 10052234, 10052235, 10052236, 10052237, 10052238.