Minnesota

Storm History: Pipestone County, Minnesota

531 episodes, 673 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pipestone 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
673
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$57 million
Episodes
531

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
Hail14400$5.9 million
Flood7900$15 million
Winter Weather7900
Winter Storm5700$1.0 million
Blizzard4900$580,000
Thunderstorm Wind4800$56,000
Tornado4700$8.3 million
Drought3500$24 million
High Wind2800$113,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2300
Heavy Snow2000$5,000
Flash Flood1900$275,000
Excessive Heat1500
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Ice Storm600$1.5 million
Strong Wind510
Lightning200$500
Heavy Rain200$10,000
Heat200
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 Pipestone County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pipestone CountyEvery warning in Pipestone 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.