Minnesota

Storm History: Wabasha County, Minnesota

374 episodes, 600 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wabasha 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
600
Deaths
1
Injuries
6
Damage
$44 million
Episodes
374

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
Hail16600$2.0 million
Tornado7800$1.6 million
Flash Flood6900$22 million
Winter Storm6501
Flood6100$5.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind4800$12 million
Heavy Snow2000
Blizzard1513$50,000
Drought1500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
High Wind900$61,000
Winter Weather900$100,000
Heat700
Ice Storm600
Excessive Heat600$6,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Dense Fog202$5,000
Lightning200$155,000
Strong Wind200$400
Funnel Cloud100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Wabasha County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Wabasha CountyEvery warning in Wabasha 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.