Minnesota

Storm History: Kittson County, Minnesota

464 episodes, 687 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kittson 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
687
Deaths
0
Injuries
10
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
464

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
Tornado17708$5.1 million
Hail13201
Blizzard8500$5.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill5500
Winter Storm4300
Flood4000$9.1 million
Flash Flood3000$1.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind2600$1.3 million
Heavy Snow2600
High Wind2300$8,000
Cold/Wind Chill1700$21,000
Drought1600
Frost/Freeze900
Ice Storm400$2.0 million
Heat100
Wildfire101
Excessive Heat100
Winter Weather100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Kittson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kittson CountyEvery warning in Kittson 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.