Minnesota

Storm History: Jackson County, Minnesota

565 episodes, 696 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
696
Deaths
1
Injuries
12
Damage
$52 million
Episodes
565

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
Hail15600$9.3 million
Winter Weather8207
Tornado6804$4.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind6500$555,000
Blizzard5510$2.8 million
Winter Storm5101$15 million
Flood3800$15 million
High Wind3300$233,000
Flash Flood3000$50,000
Drought2800$2.9 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2400
Heavy Snow1900$5,000
Excessive Heat1700
Cold/Wind Chill1300
Ice Storm600$1.7 million
Heat400
Strong Wind400
Heavy Rain100
Lightning100$20,000
Funnel Cloud100

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 Jackson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.