Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2005

2,026 events in 318 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2005, 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 2005 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
2,026
Deaths
5
Injuries
20
Damage
$313 million
Episodes
318

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
Hail64301$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind58200$220,000
Winter Storm19400$3.9 million
Flash Flood119111$2.4 million
Heavy Snow7700
Tornado7618$301 million
Blizzard6700$40,000
Funnel Cloud5600
High Wind5300$930,000
Cold/Wind Chill4130
Flood3200
Lightning3200$1.7 million
Heavy Rain2200
Winter Weather2200
Ice Storm900
Heat100

Every episode, month by month

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November 2005

December 2005

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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.