Storms in Minnesota in 1982
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1982, 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 1982 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
- 193
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $9.4 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 | 106 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 21 | 0 | 1 | $9.4 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 2, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 14, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 15, 1982
May 1982
- Hail in Minnesota, May 3, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 4, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 10, 1982
- Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1982
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 17, 1982
June 1982
July 1982
- Hail in Minnesota, July 2, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 4, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 6, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 9, 1982
- Hail in Minnesota, July 12, 1982
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 15, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 16, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 17, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 20, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 22, 1982
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 23, 1982
- Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 1982
August 1982
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 17, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 18, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 21, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 22, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 26, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 31, 1982
September 1982
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 5, 1982
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 12, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 28, 1982
October 1982
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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.