Hail, Kittson
- When
- August 31, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kittson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.650, -96.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 31, 1975
8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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.
Event by event
8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- August 31, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 48.200, -96.770
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 31, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.270, -96.330
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 31, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.330, -96.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- August 31, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 48.270, -96.330
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 31, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.150, -95.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- August 31, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Coordinates
- 48.130, -96.130
Hail, Polk
- When
- August 31, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.570, -96.280
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 31, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.130, -96.180
Tornado, Polk
- When
- August 31, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.530, -96.820
Tornado, Clay
- When
- August 31, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 46.730, -96.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Norman
- When
- August 31, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Norman County
- Coordinates
- 47.350, -96.830
Hail, Becker
- When
- August 31, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Becker County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.750, -95.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Becker
- When
- August 31, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Becker County
- Coordinates
- 46.750, -96.000
Hail, Clay
- When
- August 31, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.670, -96.230
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- August 31, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Coordinates
- 47.420, -92.950
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- August 31, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Coordinates
- 47.800, -92.280
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10054774, 10054775, 10054776, 10054777, 10054778, 10054779, 10054780, 10054781, 10054782, 10054783, 10055632, 10055633, 10051382, 10051383, 10051384, 10051385, 10051386.