Minnesota

Storm History: Chippewa County, Minnesota

348 episodes, 455 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Chippewa County, Minnesota: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
455
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$7.3 million
Episodes
348

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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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado10600$6.2 million
Hail9800$415,000
Winter Storm6300
Blizzard5110
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3100
Flash Flood2300$645,000
High Wind1600
Heavy Snow1600
Flood1200$75,000
Thunderstorm Wind1000
Cold/Wind Chill800
Winter Weather800
Heat600
Excessive Heat500
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Chippewa County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Chippewa CountyEvery warning in Chippewa County since 1986Every county in Minnesota

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.