Storms in Minnesota in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 202
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $13 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 | 118 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 0 | 1 | $13 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1979
- Hail in Minnesota, May 9, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 13, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 17, 1979
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 22, 1979
- Hail in Minnesota, May 28, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 29, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 30, 1979
June 1979
- Hail in Minnesota, June 4, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 14, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 15, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 19, 1979
- Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 26, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 29, 1979
July 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 3, 1979
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, July 5, 1979
- Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 1979
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 12, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 20, 1979
- Hail in Minnesota, July 21, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 22, 1979
- Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 26, 1979
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 29, 1979
August 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 2, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 4, 1979
- Hail in Minnesota, August 5, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 9, 1979
- Tornado in Minnesota, August 12, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 21, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 31, 1979
September 1979
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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.