Storms in Minnesota in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 203
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $7.6 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 | 101 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 82 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 0 | 2 | $7.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1986
April 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 25, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 26, 1986
- Tornado in Minnesota, April 27, 1986
May 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 10, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 29, 1986
June 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 3, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 10, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 15, 1986
- Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 18, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 20, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 21, 1986
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 22, 1986
- Hail in Minnesota, June 23, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 26, 1986
- Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 3, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 4, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 5, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 11, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 18, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 24, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 26, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 27, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 28, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 30, 1986
August 1986
- Hail in Minnesota, August 4, 1986
- Hail in Minnesota, August 5, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 9, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 17, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 25, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 26, 1986
September 1986
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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.