Minnesota

Storm History: Winona County, Minnesota

438 episodes, 762 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Winona 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
762
Deaths
10
Injuries
25
Damage
$73 million
Episodes
438

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
Hail22210$2.3 million
Tornado14707$10 million
Flood8701$12 million
Flash Flood7350$47 million
Winter Storm6205$230,000
Thunderstorm Wind4500$460,000
Heavy Snow2000
Winter Weather17411$147,000
Blizzard1501$430,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Drought1300
High Wind900$110,000
Heat700
Ice Storm600$7,000
Excessive Heat600$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Lightning400$39,000
Funnel Cloud400
Dense Fog200
Strong Wind200$15,000
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 Winona County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Winona CountyEvery warning in Winona 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.