Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2011

1,570 events in 217 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2011, 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 2011 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
1,570
Deaths
8
Injuries
74
Damage
$196 million
Episodes
217

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
Hail45502$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind39600$3.2 million
Winter Storm13900
Flood8220$644,000
Excessive Heat7610$1.2 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill6300
Flash Flood4700$3.9 million
Winter Weather4136$24,000
Heavy Rain4100
Tornado38159$185 million
Heavy Snow3600
Blizzard3500
Funnel Cloud2800
Drought2300
High Wind1700
Lightning1600$102,000
Frost/Freeze1600
Heat700
Lake-Effect Snow500
Wildfire400$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill210
Dense Fog205$10,000
Rip Current102

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

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May 2011

June 2011

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November 2011

December 2011

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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.