Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2009

1,140 events in 153 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2009, 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 2009 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

Open the live radar over Minnesota

The year

Events
1,140
Deaths
15
Injuries
8
Damage
$8.0 million
Episodes
153

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
Winter Storm25110$15,000
Hail23710$1.3 million
Cold/Wind Chill10820
Blizzard7810
Winter Weather7435
Thunderstorm Wind6700$7,000
Heavy Snow5800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4920
Flood4400$635,000
Heavy Rain4100
Funnel Cloud3000
Tornado2501$5.0 million
Ice Storm2200$815,000
Strong Wind1521$28,000
High Wind1400$2,000
Flash Flood1420$138,000
Drought500
Lake-Effect Snow300
Wildfire300
Lightning211

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.