Storms in Minnesota in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $695,000
- Episodes
- 30
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 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 24 | 0 | 1 | $695,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1971
June 1971
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 4, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 6, 1971
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 7, 1971
- Hail in Minnesota, June 10, 1971
- Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 17, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 23, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 24, 1971
- Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 29, 1971
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 30, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 3, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 7, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 12, 1971
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, July 14, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 18, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 24, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 27, 1971
August 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 9, 1971
- Hail in Minnesota, August 13, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 16, 1971
- Hail in Minnesota, August 17, 1971
- Hail in Minnesota, August 21, 1971
September 1971
More
Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Minnesota in 197119701972
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.