Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 2020

1,600 events in 189 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota in 2020, 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 2020 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
1,600
Deaths
7
Injuries
18
Damage
$23 million
Episodes
189

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 Wind39200$290,000
Hail39003$7.1 million
Winter Storm19510$10,000
Blizzard14102$150,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill8900
Winter Weather66311$22,000
Heavy Snow6600
Tornado6412$9.4 million
Funnel Cloud4600
Heavy Rain3600
Flash Flood3300$1.4 million
Flood2300$3.1 million
Frost/Freeze1800
Drought1200$1.9 million
Cold/Wind Chill910
High Wind600
Lightning600$30,000
Excessive Heat600
Strong Wind110
Ice Storm100

Every episode, month by month

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November 2020

December 2020

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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.