Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2010

2,023 events in 248 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2010, 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 2010 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
2,023
Deaths
9
Injuries
57
Damage
$124 million
Episodes
248

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
Thunderstorm Wind39000$468,000
Hail38101$5.2 million
Winter Storm29800$17,000
Flood13201$2.8 million
Tornado126347$16 million
Blizzard11833$18 million
Heavy Snow10000$13,000
Flash Flood9900$80 million
High Wind7800$93,000
Winter Weather7125$5,000
Funnel Cloud6200
Heavy Rain5400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4200
Drought2200
Cold/Wind Chill1400
Dense Fog1110$10,000
Strong Wind1000$8,000
Ice Storm500
Lake-Effect Snow400
Lightning400$2,000
Lakeshore Flood100
Heat100

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.