Storms in Minnesota in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 9
- Damage
- $3.9 million
- Episodes
- 26
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 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 0 | 9 | $3.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1970
- Tornado in Minnesota, April 15, 1970
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, April 22, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, April 29, 1970
May 1970
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 12, 1970
- Hail in Minnesota, May 21, 1970
- Hail in Minnesota, May 22, 1970
June 1970
- Hail in Minnesota, June 9, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 10, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 12, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 13, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 15, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 16, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 17, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 25, 1970
July 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 1, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 7, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 12, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 18, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 26, 1970
- Hail in Minnesota, July 29, 1970
- Hail in Minnesota, July 31, 1970
August 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 11, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 14, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 29, 1970
September 1970
More
Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Minnesota in 197019691971
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.