Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2014

1,799 events in 225 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2014, 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 2014 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
1,799
Deaths
11
Injuries
16
Damage
$48 million
Episodes
225

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
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill44020
Hail32200$161,000
Thunderstorm Wind25506$55,000
Blizzard21525$50,000
Winter Storm18112
Heavy Snow7100
Flood6500$37 million
Flash Flood6100$6.5 million
Heavy Rain4600
Winter Weather3900
Funnel Cloud2900
Tornado2800$2.5 million
High Wind2400
Cold/Wind Chill1150
Lightning1001$1.8 million
Dense Fog101$2,000
Freezing Fog111$5,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2014

February 2014

March 2014

April 2014

May 2014

June 2014

July 2014

August 2014

September 2014

November 2014

December 2014

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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.