Storms in Minnesota in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 287
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $8.0 million
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 222 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 0 | 4 | $8.0 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1983
June 1983
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 12, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 13, 1983
- Hail in Minnesota, June 14, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 20, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 21, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 22, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 30, 1983
July 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 1, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 2, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 3, 1983
- Hail in Minnesota, July 7, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 13, 1983
- Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 19, 1983
- Hail in Minnesota, July 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 28, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 30, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 2, 1983
- Hail in Minnesota, August 7, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 15, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 19, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 24, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 26, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 27, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 28, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 29, 1983
September 1983
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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.