Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 1997

1,415 events in 263 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Minnesota in 1997 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

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The year

Events
1,415
Deaths
4
Injuries
29
Damage
$816 million
Episodes
263

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind32501$1.9 million
Hail31105$25 million
Flood15200$714 million
Blizzard13713$25 million
Winter Storm10911
Heavy Snow7300
Cold/Wind Chill6600
High Wind6200$128,000
Flash Flood5003$984,000
Tornado5016$29 million
Ice Storm4700$18 million
Funnel Cloud1600
Lightning1300$1.6 million
Strong Wind3110
Heavy Rain100$10,000

Every episode, month by month

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November 1997

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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.