Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2008

2,001 events in 224 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail64103$2.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind36200$2.7 million
Winter Storm23800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill19236$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill13010
Heavy Snow8622$30,000
Blizzard7700$5,000
High Wind7500$2.8 million
Tornado49528$49 million
Winter Weather4201
Funnel Cloud3100
Frost/Freeze3100
Flash Flood2000$26 million
Flood1700$1.4 million
Lake-Effect Snow400
Lightning403$1,000
Strong Wind200$4,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

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June 2008

July 2008

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September 2008

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November 2008

December 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.