Storm History: Stearns County, Minnesota

Events

1,055

Deaths

7

Injuries

81

Damage

$70 million

Episodes

527

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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• Tornado, September 3, 19801 death · 15 injured · $28 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 15, 19981 death · 30 injured · $4.0 million · F1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 21, 19531 death · 3 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 19981 death · F0 · 9 events here
• Lightning, May 6, 20091 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 10, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 9, 20141 death · 1 event here

• Tornado, September 3, 19801 death · 15 injured · $28 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Hail, September 21, 1994$12 million · 1.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, June 20, 200720 injured · $7.0 million · 4.25 in hail · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, April 7, 2001$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 15, 19981 death · 30 injured · $4.0 million · F1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 22, 1967$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 2024$2.0 million · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 19, 2017$1.5 million · EF1 · 12 events here
• Tornado, July 17, 2010$1.1 million · EF0 · 10 events here
• Flash Flood, April 22, 2001$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2012$700,000 · EF0 · 12 events here
• Tornado, August 12, 2010$575,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 2011$525,000 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 3, 2016$500,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 2002$300,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 4, 19583 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 21, 19531 death · 3 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 1954$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 1964$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 1964$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here

• Hail, June 20, 200720 injured · $7.0 million · 4.25 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20194 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, July 13, 20243.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 12, 19713.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20233.25 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, May 9, 20223 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, September 3, 2005$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, April 17, 20022.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 18, 2001$5,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20012.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 6, 19992.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 30, 19982.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, July 5, 19942.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 18, 19942.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 31, 19892.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, June 16, 1992F5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 25, 2000F4 · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, September 3, 19801 death · 15 injured · $28 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 1964$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 1964$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 1965$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 26, 1977F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 1984F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 1987F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 1, 1997F3 · 6 events here
• Tornado, June 13, 2001F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 24, 2006F3 · 12 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 2008EF3 · 10 events here
• Tornado, July 11, 2008EF3 · 7 events here

Every tornado in Stearns County, with its track

• Hail, June 19, 20262.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, March 14, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, March 6, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, February 24, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, February 18, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, December 9, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 25, 20251 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 28, 20251.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 18, 20252 in hail · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2025EF0 · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 15, 2025EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 28, 2025EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 17, 20251.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, March 29, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, March 15, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, February 7, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, January 11, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, December 19, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, November 20, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, October 31, 20241 event here
• Tornado, August 29, 2024EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 26, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 3, 2024$2.0 million · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 13, 20243.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 12, 20241.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 202451 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 24, 20241 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, October 30, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 22, 20231 event here
• Tornado, July 25, 2023EF0 · 3 events here
• Hail, July 24, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20231.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20233.25 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, March 31, 20230.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 31, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 16, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, February 27, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 13, 20221 event here
• Hail, September 8, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 20221.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 202262 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 30, 20221 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 2022EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022EF1 · 10 events here
• Hail, May 12, 20222 in hail · 14 events here
• Hail, May 9, 20223 in hail · 5 events here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 18, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20222 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20222 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20211 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202168 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 28, 2021EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, August 24, 2021$31,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 20, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2021$25,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 202152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2021$3,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 5, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 28, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20212 events here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• Ice Storm, November 10, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, October 20, 20201 event here
• Hail, September 5, 20202 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 14, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 9, 2020EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20202.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 7, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, November 26, 20191 event here
• Tornado, September 2, 2019EF1 · 6 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20194 in hail · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 20191.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Blizzard, April 10, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 14, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, March 9, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 20, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, December 26, 20181 event here
• Tornado, August 27, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 201852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 11, 2018$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 29, 20181.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 28, 20182 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, April 3, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 30, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 4, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20171 event here
• Hail, September 24, 201750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 19, 2017$1.5 million · EF1 · 12 events here
• Tornado, June 11, 2017EF1 · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 201753 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 6, 2017EF1 · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, November 18, 20161 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 2016$50,000 · EF2 · 10 events here
• Hail, July 7, 20161.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 5, 2016EF1 · 5 events here
• Hail, June 25, 20161.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 19, 2016$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20161.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 12, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 3, 2016$500,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 2016$15,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20161.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Lightning, October 7, 2015$25,000 · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 28, 2015$400 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 12, 2015$2,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 20151 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20151.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 6, 20151 injured · $1,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 16, 2015$100,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 20150.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, November 9, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, June 16, 2014$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 20142 events here
• Hail, May 19, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 16, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, March 18, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, February 26, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, February 20, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 26, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20141 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 9, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 7, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 2, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20132 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 6, 2013EF0 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 20131.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2013$50,000 · EF0 · 9 events here
• Lightning, May 31, 2013$50,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 29, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 18, 20131.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 18, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 9, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 3, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, February 9, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20121 event here
• Hail, August 3, 201256 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2012$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 2012EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 20121.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 10, 2012EF0 · 5 events here
• Hail, May 28, 2012$45,000 · 2.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 18, 20121.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 5, 20121.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2012$700,000 · EF0 · 12 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012$20,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 28, 20121 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 19, 20111 event here
• Hail, August 6, 20111.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 201160 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 2011$100,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 30, 2011EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 23, 20111.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20111 event here
• Flash Flood, July 15, 2011$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 2011$525,000 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 1, 2011$101,000 · EF1 · 12 events here
• Tornado, June 21, 2011$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2011EF1 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, March 22, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, February 20, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, December 10, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20102 events here
• High Wind, October 26, 201057 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 2, 20101.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 201052 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 13, 2010$50,000 · EF0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 12, 2010$575,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Tornado, August 7, 2010EF1 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 201062 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 17, 2010$1.1 million · EF0 · 10 events here
• Tornado, July 14, 2010EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 2010EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 25, 2010$10,000 · EF2 · 6 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20100.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 3 events here
• Hail, April 30, 20100.88 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 7, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, December 23, 20091 event here
• Winter Weather, October 12, 20091 event here
• Flash Flood, August 16, 20091 event here
• Flash Flood, August 8, 20092.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 2009EF2 · 8 events here
• Hail, June 18, 2009$200,000 · 2.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Lightning, May 6, 20091 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Hail, May 6, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 31, 20091 event here
• Flood, March 23, 2009$100,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 10, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, February 26, 20091 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, December 20, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, December 14, 20081 event here
• Hail, August 3, 20081 in hail · 1 event here

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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.