Storms in Minnesota in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 132
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 22
- Damage
- $4.2 million
- Episodes
- 39
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 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 22 | 1 | 22 | $4.2 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, April 15, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 19, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 20, 1973
May 1973
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, May 9, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 11, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 24, 1973
June 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 3, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 15, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, June 22, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 26, 1973
July 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 1, 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, July 3, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 5, 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, July 6, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 7, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 11, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 12, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 13, 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, July 18, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 23, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 29, 1973
August 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, August 3, 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, August 6, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 8, 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, August 17, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 18, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 21, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 29, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 31, 1973
September 1973
- Tornado in Minnesota, September 1, 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, September 2, 1973
- Tornado in Minnesota, September 26, 1973
October 1973
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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.