Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2019

2,126 events in 279 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2019, 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 2019 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
2,126
Deaths
4
Injuries
7
Damage
$186 million
Episodes
279

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 Wind38100$332,000
Hail37310$1.0 million
Winter Storm30101$2.9 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill24620$55,000
Heavy Snow23100
Flood18110$142 million
Blizzard14500$6.6 million
Tornado5600$6.2 million
Winter Weather5006$175,000
Flash Flood4100$27 million
Heavy Rain3200
Funnel Cloud3100
Heat1500
High Wind1200
Cold/Wind Chill800
Excessive Heat800
Lightning600
Ice Storm300
Lakeshore Flood300$310,000
Strong Wind200$5,000
Coastal Flood100

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.