Storms in Minnesota in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 200
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $1.2 million
- Episodes
- 38
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 | 108 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 78 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 0 | 9 | $1.2 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1974
May 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 21, 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, May 27, 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, May 28, 1974
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 30, 1974
June 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, June 3, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 4, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 5, 1974
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 6, 1974
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 9, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 14, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 20, 1974
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 21, 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, June 29, 1974
July 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, July 1, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 2, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 3, 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 7, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 8, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 9, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 10, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 13, 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, July 18, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 23, 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, July 24, 1974
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 25, 1974
August 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 1, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 18, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 20, 1974
- Hail in Minnesota, August 24, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 25, 1974
September 1974
October 1974
More
Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in Minnesota in 197419731975
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.