Minnesota

Storm History: Faribault County, Minnesota

361 episodes, 499 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Faribault 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
499
Deaths
2
Injuries
8
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
361

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
Tornado14405$12 million
Hail9322$245,000
Winter Storm6400
Flash Flood5301$5.4 million
Blizzard3400$120,000
Thunderstorm Wind2100$1.5 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1800
Heavy Snow1700
High Wind1500
Cold/Wind Chill800
Flood700$150,000
Heat600
Winter Weather500
Excessive Heat500
Ice Storm300
Funnel Cloud300
Dense Fog200
Lightning100

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 Faribault County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Faribault CountyEvery warning in Faribault 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.