Storm History: Dakota County, Minnesota

Events

844

Deaths

4

Injuries

38

Damage

$341 million

Episodes

459

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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• Tornado, July 7, 20001 death · $20 million · F1 · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 19731 death · 11 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 14, 20241 death · 1 event here

• Hail, May 30, 199819 injured · $174 million · 2.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Tornado, May 15, 1998$100 million · F1 · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 7, 20001 death · $20 million · F1 · 6 events here
• Hail, June 20, 2007$12 million · 4.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 24, 2006$10 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 2001$7.0 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1996$4.5 million · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 27, 2022$2.1 million · EF0 · 8 events here
• Hail, June 24, 2005$1.5 million · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 19, 2012$1.1 million · 1.5 in hail · 12 events here
• Hail, July 24, 2006$1.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 2012$1.0 million · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 12, 20101 injured · $750,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 10, 2012$650,000 · EF0 · 6 events here
• Hail, July 5, 1994$500,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 2001$500,000 · F1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2013$350,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 10, 2012$300,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 15, 19681 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 19731 death · 11 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event here

• Hail, July 31, 20246 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 20, 2007$12 million · 4.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 5, 2019$10,000 · 4 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 11, 20233.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 13, 20243.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20223 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20213 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20202.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 18, 20192.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20072.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 3, 20062.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, September 3, 20052.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 17, 20022.75 in hail · 12 events here
• Hail, June 18, 20012.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 30, 199819 injured · $174 million · 2.75 in hail · 11 events here

• Tornado, March 29, 1998F4 · 5 events here
• Tornado, September 3, 1980F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 1981F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 27, 1987$250,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 13, 2001F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 1, 2006$100,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 24, 2006$10 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 11, 2008EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 15, 19681 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 29, 1981$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 1981F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2001F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 2001$7.0 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 21, 2005F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2010$10,000 · EF2 · 5 events here

Every tornado in Dakota County, with its track

• Hail, April 17, 20261.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, March 14, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, February 24, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, February 18, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, January 4, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, December 22, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, December 9, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 25, 20251 event here
• Hail, September 21, 20252 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 16, 20251 event here
• Hail, August 15, 20251.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20251.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2025EF0 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, January 11, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, December 19, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, December 14, 20241 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 20, 20241 event here
• Hail, September 19, 20241.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 29, 2024EF1 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 202456 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 26, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20246 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 13, 20243.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 202451 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 24, 20241 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, October 30, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 22, 20231 event here
• Hail, August 11, 20233.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 24, 20231.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, July 19, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 10, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20231.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, March 31, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 9, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 18, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, January 11, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20221 event here
• Tornado, August 27, 2022$2.1 million · EF0 · 8 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 19, 20222 events here
• Hail, May 19, 20223 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 11, 2022EF0 · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 2022EF0 · 11 events here
• Hail, April 12, 20221.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 22, 20221 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021EF2 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202168 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 10, 20211 event here
• Tornado, September 17, 2021$101,000 · EF0 · 9 events here
• Hail, August 24, 2021$50,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20213 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2021$3,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 10, 20212.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• Ice Storm, November 10, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, October 20, 20201 event here
• Hail, September 5, 20202 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20202.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, August 8, 20203 injured · $10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2020EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20201.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20202.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 28, 202052 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, June 2, 20202.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2020EF0 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 12, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, November 26, 20191 event here
• Hail, September 24, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 13, 2019EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 5, 2019$10,000 · 4 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 18, 20192.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 2019EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20191.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Blizzard, April 10, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 14, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 20, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 10, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 5, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 3, 201856 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 20, 2018EF2 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2018$25,000 · 51 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 27, 2018EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 26, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 3, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 201852 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 29, 20181.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 24, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, April 3, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 4, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20181 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 19, 2017EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 9, 2017EF1 · 10 events here
• Tornado, June 13, 2017$100,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 11, 2017$25,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 2017$250,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 10, 20161 event here
• Hail, October 17, 20160.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 20, 20161.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, August 19, 201656 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 16, 20161.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 2016$15,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 20162.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 5, 2016$1,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 9, 2016$1,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, February 2, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, September 17, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 24, 2015$250,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2015$100,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 12, 2015EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 22, 2015EF0 · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, March 22, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, November 9, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, August 17, 2014$10,000 · 3 events here
• Lightning, July 25, 2014$50,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 7, 2014EF0 · 5 events here
• Funnel Cloud, June 23, 20144 events here
• Flood, June 18, 20141 event here
• High Wind, June 14, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 20140.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 8, 2014$10,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Hail, May 7, 20141.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, April 3, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, February 20, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, January 30, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 21, 20131.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 6, 2013EF0 · 14 events here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 2013$150,000 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 20131.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2013$350,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 19, 2013$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, May 1, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 22, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 18, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 9, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 3, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20121 event here
• Tornado, November 10, 2012$650,000 · EF0 · 6 events here
• Hail, August 3, 201256 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20122 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 19, 2012$1.1 million · 1.5 in hail · 12 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 2012EF0 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 2012$1.0 million · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 10, 2012$300,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 26, 20121.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 19, 20121.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, May 5, 20121.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012$80,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 2, 20121 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, December 31, 20111 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20111.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2011$10,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 10, 2011$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2011EF0 · 1 event here
• Lightning, June 21, 2011$100,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 28, 2011EF0 · 8 events here
• Tornado, May 22, 2011EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 21, 2011EF0 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, February 20, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, December 23, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, December 20, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 10, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, November 12, 20101 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 2010$10,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 20101 event here
• Hail, September 21, 20101.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 12, 20101 injured · $750,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 2010$5,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 14, 2010$144,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 10, 2010EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2010EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2010$10,000 · EF2 · 5 events here
• Winter Storm, February 7, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, December 23, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, December 8, 20091 event here
• Winter Weather, October 12, 20091 event here
• Tornado, August 19, 2009$75,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 8, 20092.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 24, 2009$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 2009EF0 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 26, 20091 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, December 20, 20081 event here
• High Wind, November 6, 200855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 13, 20080.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 3, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 2008EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 2008$200,000 · EF0 · 21 events here
• Hail, June 14, 200860 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 31, 20081.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 31, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, March 20, 20081 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20081 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20071 event here
• Dense Fog, November 19, 20071 event here
• Flash Flood, August 28, 20071.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 28, 20071.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 13, 20072.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 20071.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20072.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 2007$12 million · 4.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20071.75 in hail · 4 events here

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Tornadoes in Dakota CountyEvery warning in Dakota 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.