Storm History: Pennington County, Minnesota

Events

430

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$15 million

Episodes

338

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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None recorded.

• Flash Flood, September 20, 2019$10 million · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 1980$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, April 4, 1997$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2010$65,000 · EF0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 13, 2020$52,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 1994$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 15, 1968$25,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 17, 1978$25,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, March 8, 2003$21,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 31, 2002$20,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 31, 2001$10,000 · F0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 21, 2014$10,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Hail, June 2, 2017$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 7, 2000$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, March 21, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 6, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 2001$2,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 8, 2001$2,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 25, 1999$1,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 31, 2001$1,000 · F0 · 5 events here

• Hail, August 3, 19894.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 12, 20154.25 in hail · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, June 4, 19993 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20252.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 19, 20052.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 19622.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 1, 20232 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 10, 20222 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20182 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20102 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 23, 20092 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 28, 19562 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20201.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 14, 20091.75 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 2004F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 1980$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 25, 1983$250 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 2005F2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 2, 2005F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 26, 2007EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 21, 2014$10,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 12, 2015EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 2017EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 2018EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 8, 2019EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 13, 2020$52,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 24, 2022EF2 · 5 events here

Every tornado in Pennington County, with its track

• Frost/Freeze, May 20, 20261 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 10, 20261 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 10, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 2, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20262 events here
• Blizzard, January 18, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, December 18, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 9, 20251 event here
• Hail, September 12, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 21, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20252.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2025104 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 15, 202563 kt wind · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Tornado, June 24, 2024EF0 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 8, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, August 1, 20232 in hail · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 6, 2023$500 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 4, 20232 events here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 20232 events here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20222 events here
• Winter Storm, December 13, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 9, 20221 event here
• Hail, July 11, 20221 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 10, 20222 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 24, 2022EF2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF1 · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 7, 202262 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 12, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 10, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 20222 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20211 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 28, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20211 event here
• Tornado, August 9, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 28, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 23, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 2, 20201 event here
• Hail, September 2, 202065 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 13, 2020EF1 · 9 events here
• Tornado, August 13, 2020$52,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 9, 2020EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 17, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20201.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, January 17, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 30, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, September 20, 2019$10 million · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 5, 20191.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 29, 20191.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 8, 2019EF2 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 14, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 6, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20182 in hail · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 19, 20181 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 29, 2018EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20181.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20171 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 2017EF2 · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 13, 201769 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 2017$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 2, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 6, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 5, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 201650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 201691 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 20151 event here
• Hail, August 12, 20154.25 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, July 12, 2015EF2 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 18, 20151 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20151 event here
• Drought, April 28, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 21, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20151 event here
• High Wind, July 21, 20141 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 2014$10,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, March 31, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, March 21, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 28, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 26, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 18, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 24, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 12, 2013105 kt wind · 5 events here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 17, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 3, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, February 10, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, January 11, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, October 4, 20121 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, July 17, 20121 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 7, 201162 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 24, 2011EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 2011EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 28, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 26, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, December 31, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 30, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20101 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20102 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20101.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2010$65,000 · EF0 · 3 events here
• Hail, May 22, 201065 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 23, 20091 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20091.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 23, 20092 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 6, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 24, 20091 event here
• Flood, March 21, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 9, 20091 event here
• Ice Storm, February 8, 20091 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20091 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20091 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, December 19, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 15, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, December 13, 20081 event here
• Hail, May 31, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 27, 20081 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 21, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, April 25, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 9, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20071 event here
• Hail, September 20, 20071 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 26, 2007EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 10, 200755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 17, 2007EF0 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20071.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20070.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 21, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 18, 20071.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 15, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, February 27, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20071 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20061 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20061 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20061 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20061 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20061 event here
• Tornado, July 27, 2006F1 · 1 event here
• Drought, July 18, 20061 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20061 event here
• Flood, March 30, 20061 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20061 event here
• Winter Storm, November 27, 20051 event here
• High Wind, November 8, 20051 event here
• Flash Flood, July 19, 20052.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 2, 2005F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2005F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 2005F2 · 4 events here
• Hail, May 8, 20051.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Blizzard, January 21, 20051 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 20051 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20051 event here
• Winter Storm, December 31, 20041 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20041 event here
• Winter Storm, December 11, 20041 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, August 19, 20041 event here
• Tornado, August 8, 2004F1 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, June 23, 20041 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 2004F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 11, 2004F1 · 8 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20041 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20041 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 20041 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20041 event here
• Winter Storm, January 2, 20041 event here

Earlier years, state by state:

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• 1992
• 1991
• 1989
• 1988
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• 1982
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• 1980
• 1978
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• 1975
• 1973
• 1968
• 1962
• 1961
• 1959
• 1956

Tornadoes in Pennington CountyEvery warning in Pennington County since 1986Every county in Minnesota

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.