Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2018

1,768 events in 262 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2018, 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 2018 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
1,768
Deaths
11
Injuries
28
Damage
$46 million
Episodes
262

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 Wind37900$510,000
Hail30005$1.5 million
Winter Storm27404$9.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill15811
Heavy Snow13129$15,000
Winter Weather10434$20,000
Flood8500$2.8 million
Blizzard6910
Flash Flood6810$4.0 million
Tornado5702$10.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill4610
Heavy Rain3423
Funnel Cloud2300
Strong Wind1000$25,000
High Wind900$33,000
Heat800
Lightning700$1,000
Excessive Heat400
Wildfire100
Lakeshore Flood100$18 million

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.