Storms in Minnesota in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1968, 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 1968 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
- 149
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 155
- Damage
- $9.0 million
- Episodes
- 41
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 | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 40 | 10 | 155 | $9.0 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1968
April 1968
May 1968
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 1, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1968
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 28, 1968
June 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 4, 1968
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 7, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 8, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 9, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 10, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 13, 1968
- Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 21, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 23, 1968
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 30, 1968
July 1968
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 3, 1968
- Hail in Minnesota, July 4, 1968
- Hail in Minnesota, July 6, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 8, 1968
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 13, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1968
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 17, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 21, 1968
- Hail in Minnesota, July 23, 1968
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 26, 1968
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 30, 1968
August 1968
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 3, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 5, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 6, 1968
- Hail in Minnesota, August 8, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 12, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 16, 1968
- Tornado in Minnesota, August 18, 1968
- Tornado in Minnesota, August 19, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 23, 1968
September 1968
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Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Minnesota in 196819671969
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.