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The following is a list of Minnesota weather records
Minnesota State Climatology Office
National Weather Service - Central Region Headquarters
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observed
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at various stations across the state during the Over 160 years. Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. Due to its location in the northern plains of the United States its climate is one of extremes. Minnesota's history of nearly continuous meteorological
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record keeping stretches back two centuries to 1819 when Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. The military site was initially named Fort Saint Anth ...
was settled. By 1871 the first official government observations were taking place in the Twin Cities and by the late 19th century and early 20th century most statewide stations that exist today were in operation.
Temperature
Overall
By month
Precipitation
Rain
Snow
Tornadoes
Hail
Flooding
''Record flood stages for selected cities in Minnesota''Other records
See also
;General * List of weather records ;Large-scale events that affected Minnesota *2007 Midwest flooding
The 2007 Midwest flooding was a major flooding event that occurred in the Midwestern United States in the third week of August 2007. While Hurricane Dean was affecting the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, and Tropical Storm Erin was af ...
* Mid-June 1992 Tornado Outbreak
*1968 Tracy tornado
The 1968 Tracy tornado was an extremely powerful F5 tornado that struck Tracy, Minnesota on Thursday, June 13, 1968, at around 7 o'clock. The tornado killed nine people and injured 125 others. The wind speeds of the tornado reached over 300 ...
*1991 Halloween blizzard
The 1991 Halloween blizzard was a powerful storm that caused a period of heavy snowfall and ice accumulation, which affected parts of the Upper Midwest of the United States, from October 31 to November 3, 1991. Over the last week of October 1991 ...
* Great Storm of 1975
*1936 North American heat wave
The 1936 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in the modern history of North America. It took place in the middle of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the 1930s and caused catastrophic human suffering and an enormous ...
*1997 Red River Flood
The Red River flood of 1997 was a major flood that occurred in April and May 1997 along the Red River of the North in Minnesota, North Dakota, and southern Manitoba. It was the most severe flood of the river since 1826. The flood reached through ...
* Armistice Day Blizzard
References
External links
Minnesota State Climatology Office
National Weather Service - Central Region Headquarters
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