Minnesota

Storm History: Lincoln County, Minnesota

500 episodes, 590 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lincoln 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
590
Deaths
0
Injuries
4
Damage
$62 million
Episodes
500

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
Hail12900$17 million
Winter Weather7602
Winter Storm5600$10,000
Tornado5401$2.4 million
Blizzard5001$255,000
Thunderstorm Wind3700$344,000
High Wind3600$157,000
Drought3200$16 million
Flood2800$26 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2400
Heavy Snow1600$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill1400
Excessive Heat1400
Flash Flood1000$10,000
Ice Storm600$1.0 million
Strong Wind400
Heat300
Wildfire100

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 Lincoln County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lincoln CountyEvery warning in Lincoln 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.