Storm History: Nicollet County, Minnesota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Nicollet 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
- 462
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $141 million
- Episodes
- 351
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 120 | 1 | 10 | $127 million |
| Hail | 109 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Winter Storm | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 28 | 0 | 0 | $235,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 8 | 1 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 29, 1998
- Hail, July 20, 1998
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Tornado, June 23, 1952
- Tornado, May 15, 1998
- Hail, May 17, 2000
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, July 9, 2017
- Tornado, June 21, 1974
- Tornado, June 28, 1979
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Hail, June 10, 2016
- Tornado, July 11, 2020
- Tornado, May 28, 1977
- Hail, June 1, 2010
- Tornado, June 20, 2013
- Tornado, September 4, 2025
- Tornado, September 17, 2021
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2021
- Hail, July 17, 1965
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2005
- Hail, April 17, 2002
- Hail, June 6, 1999
- Hail, July 5, 1994
- Hail, July 17, 1981
- Hail, June 20, 1974
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2012
- Hail, July 21, 2025
- Hail, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 16, 2016
- Hail, August 31, 2013
- Hail, August 3, 2005
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, May 24, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2026
- Blizzard, March 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2026
- Blizzard, February 18, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Blizzard, January 16, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2025
- Blizzard, December 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2025
- Tornado, September 4, 2025
- Hail, August 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2025
- Hail, July 21, 2025
- Tornado, June 16, 2025
- Tornado, April 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 29, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, October 31, 2024
- Tornado, August 29, 2024
- Tornado, August 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2023
- Hail, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 31, 2023
- Blizzard, March 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Blizzard, February 15, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 19, 2022
- Hail, April 12, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, September 17, 2021
- Tornado, August 28, 2021
- Hail, August 24, 2021
- Hail, June 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Tornado, July 25, 2020
- Tornado, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Hail, June 21, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Tornado, August 13, 2019
- Hail, June 4, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Flood, March 14, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Blizzard, February 7, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, August 27, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2017
- Tornado, August 16, 2017
- Tornado, July 9, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Hail, July 16, 2016
- Tornado, July 5, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2016
- Tornado, June 14, 2016
- Hail, June 10, 2016
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, February 7, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Hail, September 20, 2014
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Blizzard, February 26, 2014
- Blizzard, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Blizzard, January 22, 2014
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 2, 2013
- Hail, August 31, 2013
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Tornado, June 20, 2013
- Hail, June 15, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2013
- Blizzard, February 18, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2012
- Hail, May 23, 2012
- Hail, May 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2011
- Flood, March 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2010
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2010
- Winter Storm, November 12, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Hail, July 23, 2010
- Tornado, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Hail, June 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Winter Weather, October 12, 2009
- Hail, July 21, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Blizzard, January 12, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Blizzard, December 14, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Hail, July 31, 2008
- Tornado, July 11, 2008
- Hail, June 5, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Hail, May 29, 2007
- High Wind, May 6, 2007
- Hail, April 30, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2006
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Hail, June 24, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2005
- Hail, August 9, 2005
- Hail, August 3, 2005
- Tornado, June 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2005
- Tornado, May 8, 2005
- Hail, May 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2005
- Blizzard, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2005
- High Wind, December 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2004
- Hail, July 21, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2004
- Hail, May 19, 2004
- Tornado, May 9, 2004
- High Wind, April 18, 2004
- Tornado, April 18, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2003
- Winter Storm, November 22, 2003
- Tornado, July 9, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2003
- Hail, June 23, 2003
- Tornado, May 14, 2003
- Blizzard, February 11, 2003
- Tornado, August 3, 2002
- Tornado, July 28, 2002
- Hail, June 3, 2002
- Hail, June 3, 2002
- Hail, April 17, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2001
- Heat, August 4, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 30, 2001
- Hail, July 23, 2001
- Flood, May 1, 2001
- High Wind, April 7, 2001
- Flood, April 1, 2001
- Dense Fog, March 30, 2001
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2001
- Hail, August 7, 2000
- Tornado, July 25, 2000
- Hail, May 17, 2000
- High Wind, April 5, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Nicollet CountyEvery warning in Nicollet 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.