Minnesota

Storm History: Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

429 episodes, 666 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kandiyohi 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
666
Deaths
2
Injuries
10
Damage
$33 million
Episodes
429

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
Tornado23518$33 million
Hail14600$45,000
Winter Storm6100
Flash Flood4700$450,000
Blizzard4102
Thunderstorm Wind3900$500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2800
Heavy Snow1500
High Wind1300
Cold/Wind Chill800
Winter Weather700
Heat610
Excessive Heat600
Flood500
Funnel Cloud400
Lightning300$70,000
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100$20,000

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 Kandiyohi County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kandiyohi CountyEvery warning in Kandiyohi 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.