Minnesota

Storm History: Goodhue County, Minnesota

353 episodes, 583 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Goodhue 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
583
Deaths
5
Injuries
6
Damage
$22 million
Episodes
353

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
Tornado16720$15 million
Hail15614$5.2 million
Winter Storm6710
Flash Flood6311$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind2600$183,000
Blizzard2101
Heavy Snow2000
High Wind1100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Winter Weather900
Cold/Wind Chill800
Heat600
Flood600
Excessive Heat400
Ice Storm200
Dense Fog200
Strong Wind200$5,000
Frost/Freeze100$20,000
Lightning100$50,000

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 Goodhue County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Goodhue CountyEvery warning in Goodhue 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.