Storm History: Lincoln County, Minnesota
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 129 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Winter Weather | 76 | 0 | 2 | |
| Winter Storm | 56 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Tornado | 54 | 0 | 1 | $2.4 million |
| Blizzard | 50 | 0 | 1 | $255,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 37 | 0 | 0 | $344,000 |
| High Wind | 36 | 0 | 0 | $157,000 |
| Drought | 32 | 0 | 0 | $16 million |
| Flood | 28 | 0 | 0 | $26 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 16 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Hail, June 22, 1997
- Drought, September 20, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, July 6, 2021
- Tornado, July 27, 1995
- Ice Storm, November 14, 1996
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Hail, July 25, 2000
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Tornado, April 19, 1955
- Tornado, June 15, 1970
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 16, 1996
- Flood, April 1, 2011
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Tornado, July 1, 2011
- Flood, March 13, 2019
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
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- High Wind, May 14, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- High Wind, March 28, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2026
- High Wind, February 18, 2026
- Blizzard, January 21, 2026
- Blizzard, January 18, 2026
- Blizzard, January 16, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Blizzard, December 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Blizzard, November 25, 2025
- Hail, August 5, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- Hail, June 19, 2025
- Strong Wind, May 19, 2025
- High Wind, May 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, April 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 29, 2025
- Drought, March 11, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- High Wind, February 28, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 13, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2024
- Flood, June 21, 2024
- High Wind, June 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- High Wind, January 21, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 2024
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2023
- Strong Wind, December 9, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Hail, September 29, 2023
- Heat, September 2, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Hail, July 19, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- High Wind, April 30, 2023
- Flood, April 9, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 4, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 31, 2023
- Blizzard, March 16, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2023
- Blizzard, February 21, 2023
- Blizzard, February 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 15, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 20, 2022
- Tornado, May 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2022
- Flood, May 11, 2022
- Tornado, May 11, 2022
- Hail, May 9, 2022
- Wildfire, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 30, 2022
- Strong Wind, March 25, 2022
- Hail, March 5, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Hail, August 5, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2021
- Blizzard, January 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 22, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2020
- Flood, March 4, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 5, 2019
- High Wind, October 21, 2019
- Flood, September 12, 2019
- Flood, September 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2019
- Heat, June 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 27, 2019
- Flood, April 15, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 19, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2018
- Flood, September 20, 2018
- Heat, July 11, 2018
- Flood, July 1, 2018
- Flood, July 1, 2018
- Tornado, June 24, 2018
- Flood, June 21, 2018
- Hail, May 25, 2018
- Hail, May 23, 2018
- Flood, April 22, 2018
- Flood, April 20, 2018
- Hail, April 13, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 8, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 2017
- Tornado, August 18, 2017
- Tornado, July 19, 2017
- Hail, July 11, 2017
- Hail, June 22, 2017
- Hail, June 11, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2016
- Blizzard, November 18, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Excessive Heat, June 10, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 26, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 29, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Blizzard, February 7, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 9, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2015
- Blizzard, January 5, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2014
- Hail, August 9, 2014
- Tornado, June 5, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 27, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2014
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 5, 2013
- Tornado, June 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2013
Earlier years, state by state:
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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.