Storm History: Steele County, Minnesota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Steele 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
- 420
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $109 million
- Episodes
- 337
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 | 105 | 0 | 1 | $53 million |
| Hail | 74 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Winter Storm | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 43 | 0 | 0 | $48 million |
| Blizzard | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $5.0 million |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 30, 1967
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2007
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Hail, June 5, 2006
- Tornado, May 17, 1982
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2006
- Tornado, May 22, 1962
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Tornado, August 12, 2010
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, July 16, 1984
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Hail, June 12, 2001
- Hail, September 15, 2010
- High Wind, April 6, 2021
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, April 30, 1967
- Tornado, March 29, 1998
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Tornado, May 17, 1982
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Tornado, May 22, 1962
- Tornado, October 14, 1966
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, April 26, 1986
- Tornado, July 27, 1995
- Tornado, July 8, 2000
- Tornado, May 1, 2001
- Tornado, May 9, 2001
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2026
- Blizzard, March 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 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
- Hail, September 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2025
- Hail, July 28, 2025
- Tornado, April 28, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 20, 2024
- Hail, September 19, 2024
- Tornado, July 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2024
- Tornado, June 2, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Hail, October 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 22, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Hail, July 10, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 31, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Hail, May 11, 2022
- Tornado, May 11, 2022
- Hail, April 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- High Wind, June 11, 2021
- Tornado, May 19, 2021
- High Wind, April 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Hail, September 5, 2020
- Hail, August 9, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Hail, September 24, 2019
- Tornado, August 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2019
- Tornado, July 5, 2019
- Tornado, June 17, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, September 20, 2018
- Hail, August 31, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2017
- Hail, August 1, 2017
- Tornado, July 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2017
- Hail, May 15, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2016
- Hail, August 4, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Hail, June 22, 2016
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Hail, September 20, 2014
- Hail, September 8, 2014
- Hail, August 18, 2014
- Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 7, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 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 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2013
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Winter Storm, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, July 1, 2011
- Tornado, May 21, 2011
- Tornado, May 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2010
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Hail, September 21, 2010
- Hail, September 15, 2010
- Tornado, August 12, 2010
- Tornado, June 26, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Tornado, June 17, 2009
- Heavy Rain, May 6, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Blizzard, January 12, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Hail, July 31, 2008
- Tornado, July 17, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Blizzard, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2007
- Hail, July 3, 2007
- Hail, June 20, 2007
- High Wind, May 6, 2007
- Hail, March 21, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2007
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2006
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2006
- Hail, June 24, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2006
- Hail, June 5, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2005
- Hail, August 9, 2005
- Tornado, June 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2005
- Flood, March 30, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2005
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2005
- Blizzard, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2005
- High Wind, December 12, 2004
- Tornado, October 29, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2004
- Tornado, June 11, 2004
- Flood, June 10, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2004
- High Wind, April 18, 2004
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2003
- Blizzard, February 11, 2003
- Tornado, August 3, 2002
- Hail, July 30, 2002
- Tornado, July 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2002
- Tornado, July 18, 2002
- Hail, June 12, 2002
- Hail, May 27, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2002
- Heat, August 4, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 30, 2001
- Tornado, June 18, 2001
- Hail, June 12, 2001
- Tornado, May 9, 2001
- Tornado, 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
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2000
- Tornado, July 8, 2000
- High Wind, April 5, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Steele CountyEvery warning in Steele 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.