Storm History: Lyon County, Minnesota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lyon 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
- 853
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 180
- Damage
- $78 million
- Episodes
- 602
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 | 256 | 0 | 0 | $4.5 million |
| Tornado | 112 | 10 | 169 | $6.9 million |
| Winter Weather | 75 | 1 | 9 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 64 | 0 | 2 | $537,000 |
| Winter Storm | 62 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Blizzard | 54 | 0 | 0 | $215,000 |
| High Wind | 41 | 0 | 0 | $359,000 |
| Flood | 35 | 0 | 0 | $30 million |
| Flash Flood | 32 | 0 | 0 | $170,000 |
| Drought | 31 | 0 | 0 | $34 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 16 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Drought, September 20, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, July 6, 2021
- Hail, June 22, 1997
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Tornado, July 7, 1955
- Tornado, June 13, 1968
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Ice Storm, November 14, 1996
- Tornado, July 1, 2011
- Flood, April 15, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Tornado, April 21, 1985
- Tornado, July 25, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 1996
- High Wind, January 21, 2005
- Flood, September 12, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2011
- Tornado, June 18, 2014
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
- Hail, June 15, 2026
- Tornado, May 17, 2026
- High Wind, May 14, 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
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Blizzard, November 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2025
- Hail, August 14, 2025
- Heat, August 8, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Hail, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 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
- High Wind, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 15, 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
- Winter Weather, October 31, 2024
- Drought, October 8, 2024
- Hail, September 21, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Heat, August 2, 2024
- Heat, July 31, 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
- High Wind, April 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
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2023
- Strong Wind, December 9, 2023
- Hail, October 24, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 12, 2023
- Heat, September 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Hail, July 19, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2023
- Hail, May 10, 2023
- High Wind, April 30, 2023
- Hail, April 19, 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
- Drought, February 1, 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
- Hail, August 18, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2022
- High Wind, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, May 30, 2022
- Tornado, May 30, 2022
- Hail, May 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2022
- Flood, May 11, 2022
- Tornado, May 11, 2022
- Hail, April 28, 2022
- Wildfire, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Hail, April 12, 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
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Funnel Cloud, August 8, 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
- Hail, September 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 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 12, 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
- Flood, July 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2019
- Heat, June 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2019
- Hail, June 20, 2019
- Hail, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, June 11, 2019
- Hail, June 4, 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 14, 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 Storm, December 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, October 14, 2018
- Hail, September 18, 2018
- Heat, July 11, 2018
- Flood, July 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Flood, July 1, 2018
- Flood, June 21, 2018
- Flood, April 22, 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 12, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 19, 2017
- Tornado, August 18, 2017
- Tornado, July 19, 2017
- Hail, July 9, 2017
- Hail, June 22, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 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
- Hail, September 6, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Excessive Heat, June 10, 2016
- Tornado, June 3, 2016
- Hail, May 30, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Lyon CountyEvery warning in Lyon 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.