Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2013

1,836 events in 218 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2013, 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 2013 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
1,836
Deaths
3
Injuries
260
Damage
$114 million
Episodes
218

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
Hail37311$498,000
Winter Storm341012$71 million
Thunderstorm Wind31000$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill14200
Heavy Snow13800$120,000
Drought11700
Blizzard8700
Heavy Rain7200
Cold/Wind Chill5101
Flash Flood4900$34 million
Flood3700$122,000
Excessive Heat300244
Winter Weather2110
Tornado1800$7.3 million
Ice Storm1502$20,000
Lightning1500$969,000
Funnel Cloud1300
High Wind500
Strong Wind100
Heat110

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.