Storms in Minnesota in 2016
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2016, 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 2016 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
The year
- Events
- 1,826
- Deaths
- 14
- Injuries
- 28
- Damage
- $19 million
- Episodes
- 206
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 519 | 2 | 2 | $132,000 |
| Hail | 368 | 2 | 3 | $4.6 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 169 | 2 | 2 | |
| Winter Storm | 135 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 101 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 92 | 0 | 0 | $6.8 million |
| Blizzard | 81 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 66 | 4 | 6 | $13,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 43 | 1 | 12 | $6.8 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 41 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 21 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 13 | 0 | 3 | $565,000 |
| Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $22,000 |
| Sleet | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2016
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, January 6 to 7, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 6 to 7, 2016
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, January 7 to 8, 2016
- Cold in Minnesota, January 14, 2016
- Cold in Minnesota, January 15, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 16 to 17, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 16 to 17, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 16 to 17, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 16 to 17, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 17, 2016
February 2016
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, February 1, 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 2 to 3, 2016
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Minnesota, February 2 to 3, 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 2 to 3, 2016
- Blizzard in Minnesota, February 7 to 8, 2016
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 7 to 8, 2016
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Minnesota, February 7 to 9, 2016
- Blizzard in Minnesota, February 7 to 8, 2016
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, February 13 to 14, 2016
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, February 18, 2016
- High Wind in Minnesota, February 19, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 23, 2016
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, February 29, 2016
March 2016
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, March 1, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, March 8, 2016
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, March 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 16 to 17, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 16 to 17, 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 23 to 24, 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 23 to 24, 2016
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Minnesota, March 23 to 24, 2016
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, March 26, 2016
April 2016
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, April 2, 2016
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, April 24, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 24, 2016
May 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, May 6, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 22, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 23, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 24, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, May 24, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 25 to 26, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 25, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, May 26, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 26, 2016
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, May 27, 2016
- Funnel Cloud in Minnesota, May 28, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 2016
June 2016
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 3, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 3, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 5, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 9, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, June 9, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 10, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Minnesota, June 10 to 12, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 10, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 10, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, June 10, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, June 12, 2016
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, June 12, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 12, 2016
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, June 12, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 12, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 12 to 13, 2016
- Flood in Minnesota, June 13, 2016
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 14, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 14, 2016
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 14, 2016
- Funnel Cloud in Minnesota, June 14, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, June 15, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 2016
- High Wind in Minnesota, June 17, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, June 17 to 18, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 17, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 19, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 22, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 25 to 26, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 25, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 25, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 30, 2016
July 2016
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 4, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 4, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, July 4, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 5, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 5, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 2016
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 5, 2016
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, July 7, 2016
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, July 7, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 7, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 7, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, July 7, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, July 9 to 10, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 10, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 10, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 11, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 11, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 11, 2016
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 11, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, July 11 to 12, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 11, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 12, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, July 13, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 13, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 16, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, July 16 to 17, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 16, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 19, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Minnesota, July 20 to 22, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Minnesota, July 20 to 21, 2016
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Minnesota, July 20, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Minnesota, July 20 to 22, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Minnesota, July 20, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 20 to 21, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 20 to 21, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21, 2016
- Heat in Minnesota, July 21 to 22, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Minnesota, July 23, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, July 23, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 23 to 24, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 26, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 27, 2016
- Funnel Cloud in Minnesota, July 29, 2016
- Funnel Clouds in Minnesota, July 30, 2016
August 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, August 3 to 4, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 3 to 4, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 4, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 10, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 10, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 10, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Minnesota, August 10 to 11, 2016
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 10, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Minnesota, August 10 to 11, 2016
- Funnel Clouds in Minnesota, August 12, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, August 12, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, August 16, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, August 16, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 18, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 18, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 19, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, August 27, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 28, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, August 28 to 29, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, August 28, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, August 29, 2016
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 30, 2016
September 2016
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 5, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 5, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 5 to 6, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, September 6, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 6, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Minnesota, September 6 to 7, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 7, 2016
- Tornado in Minnesota, September 7, 2016
- Tornado in Minnesota, September 9, 2016
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Minnesota, September 15, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Minnesota, September 20 to 23, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Minnesota, September 21 to 27, 2016
- Hail in Minnesota, September 21, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 24, 2016
October 2016
November 2016
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Minnesota, November 17 to 19, 2016
- Blizzard in Minnesota, November 18, 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 18, 2016
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 18, 2016
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 18, 2016
- Blizzard in Minnesota, November 18, 2016
December 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 5 to 6, 2016
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 6 to 7, 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 10 to 11, 2016
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 10 to 11, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 10 to 11, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 11, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 12, 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 16 to 17, 2016
- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 16 to 18, 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 16 to 17, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 17 to 18, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 17 to 18, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 17 to 18, 2016
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, December 18, 2016
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 24 to 25, 2016
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, December 25 to 26, 2016
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, December 25, 2016
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 25 to 26, 2016
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 25 to 26, 2016
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 25 to 26, 2016
- High Wind in Minnesota, December 25 to 26, 2016
- High Wind in Minnesota, December 26, 2016
- High Wind in Minnesota, December 26, 2016
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 26, 2016
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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.