Storm History: Chippewa County, Minnesota
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 106 | 0 | 0 | $6.2 million |
| Hail | 98 | 0 | 0 | $415,000 |
| Winter Storm | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 51 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 23 | 0 | 0 | $645,000 |
| High Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Tornado, May 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2001
- Hail, June 24, 1998
- Tornado, May 16, 2015
- Tornado, April 21, 2012
- Hail, August 8, 2020
- Flood, April 11, 2023
- Hail, July 16, 2016
- Tornado, August 7, 1988
- Hail, August 17, 2001
- Tornado, June 17, 2012
- Tornado, June 13, 1968
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 13, 1968
- Tornado, June 16, 1992
- Tornado, July 25, 2000
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, July 5, 1991
- Tornado, July 1, 1997
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Tornado, June 25, 1969
- Tornado, July 13, 1974
- Tornado, June 23, 1981
- Tornado, July 18, 1986
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Tornado, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, May 30, 2022
Every episode, newest first
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2026
- Blizzard, March 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2026
- Blizzard, February 18, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Blizzard, January 16, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Blizzard, December 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2025
- Hail, June 20, 2025
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 29, 2025
- Blizzard, March 15, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Hail, July 31, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Hail, June 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 22, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Flood, April 11, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 31, 2023
- Blizzard, March 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Blizzard, February 15, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Tornado, August 28, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Tornado, May 30, 2022
- Tornado, May 12, 2022
- Hail, May 9, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2022
- Blizzard, January 4, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 20, 2020
- Tornado, August 14, 2020
- Hail, August 8, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2019
- Hail, June 4, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Flood, March 14, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2019
- Blizzard, February 7, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2018
- Blizzard, December 26, 2018
- Hail, May 28, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2017
- Tornado, September 19, 2017
- Tornado, July 9, 2017
- Hail, July 4, 2017
- Tornado, June 11, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2017
- High Wind, December 26, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Blizzard, November 18, 2016
- Hail, August 28, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Hail, July 16, 2016
- Hail, June 19, 2016
- Hail, June 12, 2016
- Blizzard, February 7, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2015
- Tornado, July 17, 2015
- Tornado, May 16, 2015
- Blizzard, March 3, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2014
- Tornado, June 19, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, March 31, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Blizzard, February 26, 2014
- Blizzard, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Blizzard, January 22, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2014
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Blizzard, December 28, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2013
- Hail, August 31, 2013
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Hail, June 18, 2013
- Hail, May 29, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Blizzard, February 18, 2013
- Blizzard, February 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2013
- Blizzard, December 9, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2012
- Tornado, August 23, 2012
- Hail, August 15, 2012
- Tornado, June 17, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2012
- Tornado, May 1, 2012
- Tornado, April 21, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2012
- Heavy Snow, November 19, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2011
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2011
- Flood, March 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2011
- Blizzard, January 1, 2011
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Hail, September 15, 2010
- Tornado, July 10, 2010
- Tornado, June 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Winter Weather, October 12, 2009
- High Wind, June 27, 2009
- Flood, March 23, 2009
- Blizzard, March 10, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Blizzard, January 12, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Blizzard, December 14, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Hail, July 31, 2008
- Hail, June 12, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, April 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Tornado, September 20, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2007
- Hail, July 24, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2007
- High Wind, May 6, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2006
- Hail, June 5, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2006
- Blizzard, November 28, 2005
- Tornado, September 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2005
- Tornado, June 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2005
- Tornado, May 18, 2005
- Blizzard, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2005
- High Wind, December 12, 2004
- Flood, October 28, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, August 21, 2004
- Hail, June 7, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2003
- Winter Storm, November 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2003
- Tornado, June 24, 2003
- Blizzard, February 11, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2002
- Tornado, August 3, 2002
- Tornado, June 24, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2002
- Hail, April 17, 2002
- Hail, April 16, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2002
- High Wind, February 11, 2002
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2001
- Hail, August 17, 2001
- Heat, August 4, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 30, 2001
- Hail, July 22, 2001
- Flood, May 1, 2001
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2001
- Flood, April 1, 2001
- Dense Fog, March 30, 2001
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2000
- Tornado, July 25, 2000
- Tornado, May 7, 2000
- Tornado, April 27, 2000
- High Wind, April 5, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 2000
- High Wind, November 1, 1999
- Hail, September 18, 1999
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.