Storms in Minnesota in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 110
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $3.5 million
- Episodes
- 25
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 | 62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 1 | 17 | $3.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1976
June 1976
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 7, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 9, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 12, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 13, 1976
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 16, 1976
- Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 26, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 27, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 28, 1976
July 1976
- Hail in Minnesota, July 6, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 13, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 15, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 19, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 22, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 25, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 30, 1976
August 1976
More
Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Minnesota in 197619751977
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.