Storms in Minnesota in 2008
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2008, 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 2008 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
- 2,001
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 43
- Damage
- $84 million
- Episodes
- 224
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 641 | 0 | 3 | $2.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 362 | 0 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| Winter Storm | 238 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 192 | 3 | 6 | $20,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 130 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 86 | 2 | 2 | $30,000 |
| Blizzard | 77 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| High Wind | 75 | 0 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| Tornado | 49 | 5 | 28 | $49 million |
| Winter Weather | 42 | 0 | 1 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | $26 million |
| Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 3 | $1,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 2, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Minnesota, January 11 to 13, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 17 to 18, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 19, 2008
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, January 20 to 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Minnesota, January 21 to 22, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 29 to 30, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 29 to 30, 2008
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 29 to 30, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 29 to 30, 2008
February 2008
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, February 4, 2008
- Blizzard in Minnesota, February 8 to 9, 2008
- Extreme Cold and Winter Weather in Minnesota, February 9 to 10, 2008
- Cold in Minnesota, February 9 to 11, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, February 9 to 10, 2008
- Cold in Minnesota, February 10, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, February 10, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 14, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 17, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, February 19 to 20, 2008
- Cold in Minnesota, February 19 to 20, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, February 19 to 20, 2008
- Cold in Minnesota, February 19 to 20, 2008
- Cold in Minnesota, February 19 to 20, 2008
March 2008
- Cold in Minnesota, March 7, 2008
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, March 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 20 to 21, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 20 to 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 20 to 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 20 to 21, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, March 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Minnesota, March 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 31, 2008
April 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, April 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, April 1, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 5 to 7, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 5 to 7, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, April 6 to 7, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, April 6 to 7, 2008
- Blizzard in Minnesota, April 10 to 11, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 10 to 11, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Minnesota, April 10 to 11, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 10 to 11, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 10 to 11, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 15, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, April 22, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, April 24, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Minnesota, April 25, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 25 to 26, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 25 to 26, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 25 to 26, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 25 to 26, 2008
- Blizzard in Minnesota, April 25, 2008
May 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 1, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 1, 2008
- Flood in Minnesota, May 2 to 5, 2008
- Funnel Cloud in Minnesota, May 2, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 2, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 6, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 6, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 6, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 17, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, May 17, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Minnesota, May 21, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Minnesota, May 27, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 29, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 30, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 31, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 31, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, May 31, 2008
June 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, June 5, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, June 5, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 6, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 6, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 6, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, June 7, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 7 to 8, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Minnesota, June 7 to 10, 2008
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 9, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, June 11, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flood in Minnesota, June 11 to 13, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, June 11, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 11, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Minnesota, June 11 to 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 11, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Minnesota, June 11 to 12, 2008
- Flood in Minnesota, June 12 to 13, 2008
- Flooding in Minnesota, June 12, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 12, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 12, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 12, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 14, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, June 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 14, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, June 24, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 25, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 27, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, June 27, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 27, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 2008
July 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 1, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 1, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 2, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 2, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 2008
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 6, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 7, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 7, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 7, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 9, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 9, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 9, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 10, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 10, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 11, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 11, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 13, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 14, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 16, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 17, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 19, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 19, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 20, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 20, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 25, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 29, 2008
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Minnesota, July 29 to 30, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, July 29, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 31, 2008
August 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, August 3, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 6, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 6, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, August 11 to 12, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, August 13, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, August 13, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, August 14, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, August 22, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, August 27, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, August 27, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, August 28, 2008
September 2008
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, September 2, 2008
- Funnel Cloud in Minnesota, September 8, 2008
- Funnel Cloud in Minnesota, September 13, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, September 19, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 22, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 23, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 23, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, September 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 26, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, September 26, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, September 28, 2008
October 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, October 26, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, October 26, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, October 26, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, October 26, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, October 26, 2008
November 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, November 5, 2008
- High Wind in Minnesota, November 6, 2008
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, November 6, 2008
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, November 6 to 7, 2008
December 2008
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 2 to 3, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 8 to 9, 2008
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 8 to 9, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 9, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Minnesota, December 10 to 11, 2008
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 13 to 15, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 13 to 15, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 13 to 15, 2008
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 13 to 15, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 14 to 15, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 14, 2008
- Cold in Minnesota, December 14 to 16, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 15, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 15, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 15 to 16, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 18 to 19, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 18 to 19, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 19, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 19 to 20, 2008
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 20 to 21, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm and Cold in Minnesota, December 20 to 22, 2008
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 20 to 21, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 20 to 21, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 29 to 30, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 30, 2008
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 30, 2008
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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.