Minnesota

Storm History: Murray County, Minnesota

509 episodes, 639 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Murray 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
639
Deaths
3
Injuries
43
Damage
$111 million
Episodes
509

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
Hail12100$781,000
Tornado78141$56 million
Winter Weather7712
Winter Storm6310$10 million
Thunderstorm Wind5600$479,000
Blizzard5400$703,000
Drought3100$13 million
High Wind2800$177,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2400
Flood2300$26 million
Flash Flood2000$640,000
Heavy Snow1600$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill1500
Excessive Heat1500$8,000
Ice Storm600$2.5 million
Strong Wind400
Heat300
Lightning200$7,000
Heavy Rain100$20,000
Funnel Cloud100
Wildfire100

The deadliest

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 Murray County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Murray CountyEvery warning in Murray 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.