Storms in Minnesota in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 135
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 48
- Damage
- $29 million
- Episodes
- 37
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 | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 4 | 48 | $29 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1978
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 2, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 3, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 17, 1978
May 1978
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 25, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 26, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 27, 1978
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 28, 1978
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, May 29, 1978
June 1978
- Hail in Minnesota, June 10, 1978
- Hail in Minnesota, June 14, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 16, 1978
- Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 1978
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 25, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 26, 1978
- Hail in Minnesota, June 30, 1978
July 1978
- Hail in Minnesota, July 4, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 6, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 12, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 1978
- Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 17, 1978
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, July 19, 1978
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 21, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 24, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 25, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 28, 1978
August 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 1, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 14, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 15, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 17, 1978
- Hail in Minnesota, August 21, 1978
- Hail in Minnesota, August 22, 1978
September 1978
More
Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Minnesota in 197819771979
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.