Minnesota

Storm History: Martin County, Minnesota

374 episodes, 524 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Martin 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
524
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$9.4 million
Episodes
374

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
Tornado11900$3.0 million
Hail11700$468,000
Winter Storm6000
Flash Flood5900$5.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind3900$610,000
Blizzard3800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2000
Heavy Snow1700
High Wind1600$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill800
Winter Weather700
Heat600
Flood600
Excessive Heat500
Ice Storm300
Dense Fog200
Frost/Freeze100$20,000
Lightning100$45,000

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 Martin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Martin CountyEvery warning in Martin 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.