Minnesota

Storm History: Douglas County, Minnesota

406 episodes, 576 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Douglas 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
576
Deaths
1
Injuries
13
Damage
$5.7 million
Episodes
406

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
Hail15301$2.0 million
Tornado150011$3.3 million
Winter Storm6200
Thunderstorm Wind4311$27,000
Blizzard3900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3700
Flash Flood3400$427,000
High Wind1300
Heavy Snow1000
Cold/Wind Chill800
Winter Weather800
Flood700
Heat600
Funnel Cloud200
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100
Excessive Heat100
Ice Storm100

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 Douglas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas 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.