Storm History: Olmsted County, Minnesota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Olmsted 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
- 1,083
- Deaths
- 17
- Injuries
- 145
- Damage
- $120 million
- Episodes
- 571
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 | 399 | 0 | 0 | $8.2 million |
| Tornado | 197 | 2 | 48 | $46 million |
| Flash Flood | 103 | 0 | 0 | $59 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 92 | 0 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| Winter Storm | 67 | 1 | 26 | $838,000 |
| Flood | 38 | 0 | 0 | $248,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 28 | 2 | 4 | $83,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 26 | 1 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Winter Weather | 21 | 3 | 27 | $204,000 |
| Blizzard | 20 | 1 | 9 | $165,000 |
| High Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $305,000 |
| Drought | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| Heat | 9 | 2 | 14 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 8 | 2 | 12 | $172,000 |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 3 | $20,000 |
| Lightning | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 2 | $65,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, May 10, 1953
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Dense Fog, December 15, 2021
- Blizzard, March 9, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 20, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 30, 2015
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2011
- Heat, July 28, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2008
- Heat, August 29, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 2, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 26, 2020
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Tornado, April 30, 1967
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Hail, August 9, 1999
- Tornado, April 29, 1981
- Tornado, May 10, 1953
- Tornado, July 3, 1979
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2019
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Lightning, July 21, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 27, 1998
- Hail, September 4, 2012
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Hail, May 11, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2013
- Hail, June 16, 2017
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 10, 1953
- Tornado, September 16, 1962
- Tornado, April 30, 1967
- Tornado, August 6, 1969
- Tornado, May 5, 1965
- Tornado, September 3, 1980
- Tornado, May 17, 1982
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Tornado, July 23, 1987
- Tornado, August 4, 1961
- Tornado, May 22, 1962
- Tornado, July 16, 1963
- Tornado, April 13, 1964
- Tornado, July 18, 1970
- Tornado, June 7, 1977
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Hail, June 10, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Blizzard, December 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Hail, August 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2025
- Hail, July 2, 2025
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Hail, April 28, 2025
- Hail, March 28, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 5, 2025
- High Wind, February 28, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 20, 2024
- Drought, October 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2024
- Tornado, August 5, 2024
- Hail, July 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2024
- Flood, June 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Tornado, May 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2024
- Strong Wind, March 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2023
- Hail, October 24, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 22, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Drought, July 4, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 16, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 31, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2022
- Heat, September 1, 2022
- Tornado, July 23, 2022
- Hail, June 28, 2022
- Strong Wind, May 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2022
- Hail, May 11, 2022
- Hail, May 9, 2022
- Flood, April 13, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- High Wind, February 18, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, September 20, 2021
- Flood, August 7, 2021
- Hail, July 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2021
- Hail, April 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 26, 2020
- Hail, September 24, 2020
- Funnel Cloud, August 22, 2020
- Tornado, June 28, 2020
- Flood, June 2, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Tornado, September 24, 2019
- Hail, September 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, June 4, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2019
- Hail, May 5, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2019
- High Wind, January 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 3, 2018
- Tornado, September 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2018
- Flood, June 30, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2018
- Flood, June 26, 2018
- Hail, June 15, 2018
- Hail, May 29, 2018
- Hail, May 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2017
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2017
- Tornado, July 19, 2017
- Tornado, June 28, 2017
- Hail, June 16, 2017
- Flood, June 12, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2017
- Hail, April 9, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2017
- Hail, March 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2016
- Hail, August 18, 2016
- Funnel Cloud, July 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2016
- Heat, July 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2016
- Tornado, July 5, 2016
- Hail, May 26, 2016
- Strong Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 30, 2015
- Funnel Cloud, August 9, 2015
- Hail, June 29, 2015
- Hail, May 7, 2015
- Hail, May 3, 2015
- Lightning, April 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 2, 2014
- Hail, August 18, 2014
- Flood, August 17, 2014
- Dense Fog, August 4, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Funnel Cloud, June 23, 2014
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 8, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2014
- Blizzard, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Heat, August 29, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2013
- Hail, July 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Flood, June 22, 2013
- Hail, June 21, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, June 18, 2013
- Hail, May 31, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow, May 1, 2013
- Ice Storm, April 11, 2013
- Hail, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Flood, March 30, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2012
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 27, 2012
- Hail, September 4, 2012
- Lightning, July 24, 2012
- Heat, July 2, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Hail, May 26, 2012
- Lightning, May 1, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2012
- Hail, August 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2011
- Flood, July 23, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Flood, July 15, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2011
- Lightning, June 14, 2011
- Flood, March 20, 2011
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Dense Fog, February 16, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2011
- Dense Fog, December 29, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2010
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2010
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Tornado, August 13, 2010
- Flood, August 13, 2010
- Funnel Cloud, July 19, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2010
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Olmsted CountyEvery warning in Olmsted 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.