Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2006

1,377 events in 209 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2006, 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 2006 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
1,377
Deaths
6
Injuries
57
Damage
$217 million
Episodes
209

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
Hail57300$2.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind23900$4,000
Drought18400
Winter Storm10726
Heat4400
Cold/Wind Chill4300
Heavy Snow3900
Flood3100$8.3 million
Tornado31239$206 million
Flash Flood2202$535,000
Winter Weather2027
Funnel Cloud1500
Blizzard700
Ice Storm700
Heavy Rain600
Lightning501$400,000
Wildfire202
High Wind200

Every episode, month by month

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December 2006

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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.