Tornado in Minnesota
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Minnesota, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in Minnesota.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 2,433
- Deaths
- 101
- Injuries
- 1,987
- Damage
- $2.0 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 6, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 6, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 13, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 30, 1967
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, May 10, 1953
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 20, 1951
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 14, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 26, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, March 29, 1998Tornado moving through southern Brown county brushed extreme northwest Watonwan county. See Brown county narrative.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 2010Conditions were ripe by the afternoon of the 17th for a major severe weather outbreak. A surface low had moved into east central North Dakota with an occluded front extending to the southeast.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 24, 2006Vehicles, siding, and roofs damaged.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 2008A cold front was the catalyst for numerous reports of severe weather on this date.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 2000Touched down in open field. No damage.
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 19, 1951
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 22, 2011During the early afternoon of Sunday May 22nd, a line of thunderstorms developed across south central Minnesota, and quickly moved north and northeast across east-central Minnesota, and into west-central Wisconsin.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 7, 1955
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 17, 2010Several strong storms developed in west-central Minnesota during the mid afternoon hours of June 17th.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 199820 to 40 homes damaged. Estimated windspeed. Damage estimate for entire county.
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, September 16, 1962
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 26 to 27, 1998Trees down. Damage to sheds and barns.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, September 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 8, 2020A lone weak cell appeared on radar at 430 pm CDT over northern Grant County, Minnesota. Numerous storm chasers had congregated in this area, hoping to see a good storm to chase. By 5 pm, the cell had blossomed into a strong thunderstorm.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 1957
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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.