Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2004

1,590 events in 337 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2004, 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 2004 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
1,590
Deaths
1
Injuries
5
Damage
$42 million
Episodes
337

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
Hail57500$901,000
Thunderstorm Wind33903$5.2 million
Winter Storm19900
Cold/Wind Chill10700
High Wind9700$57,000
Tornado6100$5.8 million
Flash Flood4212$30 million
Flood3600$50,000
Winter Weather2800
Heavy Snow2400
Funnel Cloud1700
Ice Storm1700
Lightning1500$58,000
Frost/Freeze1400
Strong Wind1200$700
Heavy Rain700

Every episode, month by month

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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.