Storms in Minnesota in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 253
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $36 million
- Episodes
- 46
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 | 134 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 102 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 1 | 16 | $36 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1980
May 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 26, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 28, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 29, 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 1980
June 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 4, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 6, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 7, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 12, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 13, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, June 22, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 24, 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, June 26, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 27, 1980
July 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, July 4, 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 12, 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 18, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 19, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 24, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 27, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 29, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 30, 1980
August 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, August 2, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 4, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 6, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 7, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 10, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 18, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 19, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 20, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 23, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 25, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 29, 1980
September 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, September 3, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 8, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 19, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 20, 1980
October 1980
More
Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Minnesota in 198019791981
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.