Storm History: Le Sueur County, Minnesota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Le Sueur 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
- 440
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 58
- Damage
- $72 million
- Episodes
- 341
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 112 | 1 | 55 | $69 million |
| Hail | 105 | 0 | 0 | $385,000 |
| Winter Storm | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 36 | 0 | 3 | $601,000 |
| Blizzard | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $112,000 |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Tornado, March 29, 1998
- Tornado, May 15, 1998
- Tornado, June 24, 1952
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, August 9, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, May 21, 1977
- Tornado, June 14, 1981
- Tornado, April 29, 1991
- Tornado, March 19, 2012
- Hail, June 19, 2012
- Tornado, June 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2015
- Tornado, May 11, 2022
- Hail, June 10, 2016
- Hail, June 4, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 1965
- Tornado, July 10, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 31, 2024
- Hail, June 20, 2007
- Hail, August 5, 2019
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Tornado, July 13, 2024
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2005
- Hail, April 17, 2002
- Hail, June 6, 1999
- Hail, June 20, 1974
- Hail, June 23, 2026
- Hail, March 10, 2021
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2012
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 29, 1998
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Tornado, June 18, 1964
- Tornado, June 14, 1981
- Tornado, June 13, 2001
- Tornado, July 11, 2008
- Tornado, June 24, 1952
- Tornado, June 14, 1976
- Tornado, May 21, 1977
- Tornado, June 13, 1983
- Tornado, August 7, 1994
- Tornado, July 21, 1995
- Tornado, September 20, 2018
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 23, 2026
- Hail, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2026
- Blizzard, March 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2026
- Blizzard, February 18, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2025
- Blizzard, December 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2025
- Tornado, August 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2025
- Hail, July 28, 2025
- Hail, July 21, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 20, 2024
- Hail, July 31, 2024
- Tornado, July 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2024
- Tornado, June 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 22, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 19, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Hail, May 11, 2022
- Tornado, May 11, 2022
- Hail, April 23, 2022
- Hail, April 12, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, August 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2021
- Hail, June 17, 2021
- Tornado, May 19, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Hail, March 10, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 20, 2020
- Tornado, July 25, 2020
- Tornado, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Hail, September 24, 2019
- Tornado, September 2, 2019
- Tornado, August 13, 2019
- Hail, August 5, 2019
- Tornado, July 5, 2019
- Hail, June 4, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Flood, March 14, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, September 20, 2018
- Tornado, August 27, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Tornado, August 16, 2017
- Hail, August 1, 2017
- Tornado, July 9, 2017
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Hail, May 15, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Hail, July 13, 2016
- Tornado, July 5, 2016
- Tornado, June 14, 2016
- Hail, June 10, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, February 7, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2014
- Tornado, May 8, 2014
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2014
- Blizzard, February 26, 2014
- Blizzard, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 22, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2012
- Tornado, November 10, 2012
- Hail, June 19, 2012
- Tornado, June 17, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2012
- Tornado, June 10, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2012
- Hail, May 24, 2012
- Hail, May 23, 2012
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Tornado, March 19, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2011
- Tornado, July 10, 2011
- Flood, March 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2010
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2010
- Winter Storm, November 12, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Hail, September 15, 2010
- Hail, July 23, 2010
- Tornado, June 26, 2010
- Hail, June 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Tornado, June 17, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Hail, July 31, 2008
- Tornado, July 11, 2008
- Hail, May 31, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 31, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2007
- Hail, June 20, 2007
- Hail, June 7, 2007
- High Wind, May 6, 2007
- Hail, April 30, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2006
- Hail, September 26, 2006
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2005
- Hail, August 3, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2005
- Blizzard, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2005
- High Wind, December 12, 2004
- Hail, July 20, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2004
- Hail, May 19, 2004
- Tornado, May 9, 2004
- High Wind, April 18, 2004
- Tornado, April 18, 2004
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2003
- Winter Storm, November 22, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2003
- Tornado, May 14, 2003
- Blizzard, February 11, 2003
- Tornado, August 16, 2002
- Tornado, August 3, 2002
- Tornado, July 28, 2002
- Hail, June 25, 2002
- Hail, June 3, 2002
- Hail, May 8, 2002
- Hail, April 17, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2002
- Heat, August 4, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 30, 2001
- Hail, July 23, 2001
- Tornado, June 13, 2001
- Flood, May 1, 2001
- High Wind, April 7, 2001
- Flood, April 1, 2001
- Dense Fog, March 30, 2001
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2000
- Hail, August 7, 2000
- Hail, May 17, 2000
- High Wind, April 5, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Le Sueur CountyEvery warning in Le Sueur 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.