Storm History: Big Stone County, Minnesota

Events

481

Deaths

2

Injuries

6

Damage

$2.0 million

Episodes

365

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.

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• Blizzard, December 23, 19961 death · 5 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 19971 death · 1 injured · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 17, 1996$1.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 2, 2024$332,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 11, 2008$75,000 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 18, 1994$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 7, 1959$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here

• Hail, July 31, 20244 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, July 5, 20163 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 28, 20212.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 17, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 14, 19982.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 18, 1994$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 21, 19892.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 19812.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 13, 19582.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 14, 19572.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 19862.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 24, 19652.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20202 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 27, 20152 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 20142 in hail · 5 events here

• Tornado, May 5, 1964F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 17, 1996$1.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 29, 1956F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 7, 1959$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Big Stone County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 202661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 20261.75 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, March 12, 202656 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, November 25, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 28, 202552 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 27, 20251.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 202553 kt wind · 4 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 20252 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 202553 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 22, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20244 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, July 23, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 14, 20241 event here
• Flood, June 2, 2024$332,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 24, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, September 3, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 22, 20231 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, July 18, 20231 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, April 14, 20231 event here
• Flood, April 11, 20232 events here
• Winter Weather, April 4, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 31, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 22, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 14, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 3, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 18, 20221 event here
• Funnel Cloud, August 20, 20222 events here
• Hail, June 20, 202262 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 2022EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022EF1 · 7 events here
• High Wind, April 14, 202252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 20, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 4, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20211 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 12, 20211 event here
• Tornado, October 13, 2021EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, August 28, 20212.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, July 6, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 10, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, January 14, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 22, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 20, 20201 event here
• Hail, October 11, 20201.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 202061 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20202 in hail · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20191 event here
• High Wind, October 21, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20191.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 22, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 22, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 20, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, December 31, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 13, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 23, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20171 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 201761 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2017EF1 · 17 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 201761 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 7, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, November 18, 20161 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, July 11, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 201670 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20163 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 2016EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 12, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 30, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 17, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 27, 20152 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 201555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 3, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, December 15, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 10, 20141 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20141.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 8, 20141 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 7, 20142 in hail · 5 events here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 18, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, February 13, 20141 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 7, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20131.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 201370 kt wind · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 201358 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 10, 20131 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, March 18, 20131 event here
• Ice Storm, March 8, 20131 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 18, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 10, 20131 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20131 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, December 9, 20121 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20121 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 201255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 12, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 17, 2012EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 5, 20122 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 15, 20121 event here
• Blizzard, February 28, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20121 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 19, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 201183 kt wind · 4 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 201161 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 201152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 22, 20111 event here
• Flood, March 15, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, February 20, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 30, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, January 1, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, December 31, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 30, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 20, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 15, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 11, 20101 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 12, 20101 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 1, 20101 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 10, 20101 in hail · 4 events here
• Lakeshore Flood, March 17, 20101 event here
• Flood, March 15, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 7, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 20101 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, December 23, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, March 30, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, March 10, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, February 26, 20091 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 20091 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, December 20, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 15, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, December 13, 20081 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 20081 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 200870 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 24, 20080.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20080.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 11, 2008$75,000 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 25, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, April 10, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 6, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 20, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 7, 200751 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 6, 200757 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, April 3, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 2, 20071 event here
• Blizzard, March 2, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 28, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20071 event here
• Ice Storm, December 30, 20061 event here
• Hail, August 23, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, August 20, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20061 event here
• Heat, July 28, 20061 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20051 event here
• Ice Storm, November 27, 20051 event here
• Hail, June 29, 200552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 7, 200561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 20050.88 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 10, 20051 event here
• Blizzard, January 21, 20051 event here
• Winter Storm, January 21, 20051 event here
• High Wind, December 12, 20041 event here

Earlier years, state by state:

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• 1992
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• 1989
• 1986
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• 1977
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• 1974
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• 1967
• 1965
• 1964
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• 1959
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• 1956
• 1955

Tornadoes in Big Stone CountyEvery warning in Big Stone County since 1986Every county in Minnesota

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.