Storm History: Koochiching County, Minnesota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Koochiching 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
- 466
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $5.8 million
- Episodes
- 376
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 149 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Tornado | 56 | 2 | 5 | $300,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 51 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Drought | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $26,000 |
| Flash Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lakeshore Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 29, 2026
- Drought, June 16, 2026
- Hail, June 10, 2026
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2026
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2026
- Blizzard, March 12, 2026
- Blizzard, February 17, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2025
- Blizzard, April 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 17, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Hail, August 8, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Drought, July 18, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 20, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2023
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2022
- Flood, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 20, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Flood, June 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 29, 2022
- Flood, May 10, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 10, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 2, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 28, 2021
- Blizzard, December 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2021
- Blizzard, December 4, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, November 11, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2021
- Drought, July 6, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2019
- Lakeshore Flood, December 1, 2019
- Tornado, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2019
- Heavy Snow, April 11, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2018
- Hail, August 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2018
- Hail, July 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2017
- Blizzard, October 26, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2017
- Blizzard, November 17, 2016
- Hail, August 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2016
- Hail, June 25, 2016
- Hail, June 19, 2016
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2016
- Hail, March 8, 2016
- Drought, May 1, 2015
- Drought, April 28, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2015
- Hail, September 19, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2014
- Flood, July 1, 2014
- Hail, June 21, 2014
- Flood, June 14, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 11, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2013
- Hail, July 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 17, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 10, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 11, 2012
- Hail, July 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, April 15, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2012
- Hail, July 17, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 15, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 2010
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, November 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, November 22, 2010
- Hail, August 8, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 2010
- Hail, May 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 31, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 15, 2008
- Blizzard, December 13, 2008
- Hail, July 31, 2008
- Hail, July 11, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2008
- Winter Storm, April 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, April 5, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 9, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Hail, September 20, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Hail, June 23, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Drought, April 1, 2007
- Drought, March 1, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2007
- Drought, February 1, 2007
- Drought, January 1, 2007
- Drought, December 1, 2006
- Ice Storm, November 28, 2006
- Drought, November 1, 2006
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Drought, July 18, 2006
- Hail, June 26, 2006
- Hail, May 29, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2005
- Lightning, September 12, 2005
- Hail, June 23, 2005
- Hail, May 5, 2005
- Hail, April 18, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2005
- Ice Storm, December 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 13, 2004
- Heavy Snow, November 22, 2003
- Hail, July 14, 2003
- Hail, July 6, 2003
- Hail, July 2, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 27, 2003
- Ice Storm, December 17, 2002
- Hail, August 26, 2002
- Hail, July 1, 2002
- Hail, June 25, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2002
- Hail, June 9, 2002
- Hail, April 16, 2002
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2001
- Hail, August 14, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2001
- Hail, July 17, 2001
- Hail, May 17, 2001
- Heavy Snow, April 23, 2001
- Heavy Snow, April 15, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Koochiching CountyEvery warning in Koochiching 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.