Storm History: Faribault County, Minnesota
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 144 | 0 | 5 | $12 million |
| Hail | 93 | 2 | 2 | $245,000 |
| Winter Storm | 64 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 53 | 0 | 1 | $5.4 million |
| Blizzard | 34 | 0 | 0 | $120,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 21 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 15, 1998
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2013
- Tornado, September 20, 2018
- Tornado, June 14, 1967
- Tornado, May 29, 1980
- Tornado, June 23, 1981
- Tornado, March 20, 1991
- Tornado, May 4, 2012
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Hail, July 25, 2018
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Tornado, July 13, 1997
- Tornado, June 25, 2010
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Tornado, May 5, 1959
- Tornado, July 19, 1978
- Tornado, September 8, 1985
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, March 29, 1998
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Tornado, May 31, 1971
- Tornado, September 3, 1980
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Tornado, June 13, 2001
- Tornado, August 1, 2006
- Tornado, July 11, 2008
- Tornado, March 18, 1968
- Tornado, August 9, 1977
- Tornado, June 23, 1981
- Tornado, July 3, 1985
- Tornado, April 26, 1986
- Tornado, August 7, 1994
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, May 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2026
- Blizzard, March 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 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 Weather, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2025
- Tornado, June 25, 2025
- Tornado, April 28, 2025
- Hail, April 17, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Tornado, August 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2024
- Hail, June 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 22, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2023
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2022
- Tornado, May 11, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Hail, April 12, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Hail, June 21, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2019
- Tornado, July 1, 2019
- Hail, June 15, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Blizzard, February 7, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, September 20, 2018
- Hail, July 25, 2018
- Tornado, May 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2017
- Hail, June 21, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, February 7, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 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
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Tornado, June 20, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2013
- Winter Storm, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 22, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2012
- Hail, July 13, 2012
- Hail, May 5, 2012
- Tornado, May 4, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2011
- Flood, March 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2010
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Winter Storm, November 12, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Hail, September 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Tornado, July 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2010
- Tornado, June 26, 2010
- Tornado, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Hail, June 1, 2010
- Hail, April 12, 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
- Hail, June 23, 2009
- Tornado, June 21, 2009
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Blizzard, January 12, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2008
- Blizzard, December 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Hail, July 31, 2008
- Tornado, July 11, 2008
- Hail, June 7, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Hail, July 26, 2007
- Hail, June 20, 2007
- Tornado, May 23, 2007
- High Wind, May 6, 2007
- Heavy Snow, April 10, 2007
- Hail, March 21, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2006
- Hail, October 3, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, September 2, 2006
- Tornado, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Hail, June 5, 2006
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2005
- Tornado, September 12, 2005
- Hail, August 9, 2005
- Hail, August 3, 2005
- Tornado, June 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2005
- Tornado, June 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2005
- Flood, May 12, 2005
- Tornado, May 8, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2005
- Blizzard, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2005
- High Wind, December 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2004
- Tornado, August 8, 2004
- Hail, August 3, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2004
- Tornado, June 11, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2004
- Flood, May 7, 2004
- High Wind, April 18, 2004
- Tornado, April 18, 2004
- Hail, April 17, 2004
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2003
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- Tornado, July 9, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2003
- Tornado, May 14, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 7, 2003
- Blizzard, February 11, 2003
- Funnel Cloud, August 5, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2002
- Hail, May 28, 2002
- Hail, April 16, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2002
- Hail, September 20, 2001
- Heat, August 4, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 30, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2001
- Tornado, June 18, 2001
- Tornado, June 13, 2001
- Hail, June 12, 2001
- Tornado, June 1, 2001
- Tornado, May 9, 2001
- Tornado, May 1, 2001
- Hail, April 20, 2001
- High Wind, April 7, 2001
- Flood, April 1, 2001
- Dense Fog, March 30, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2000
- Tornado, July 25, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2000
- Hail, May 11, 2000
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.