This Week’s Bad-Luck Date Has Minnesota Feeling Spooked

A recent survey reveals that one particular superstition has Minnesotans feeling a little more nervous than residents of most other states. And with another Friday the 13th arriving this week, it's probably a good time to find out just how superstitious we really are!

It turns out that Friday the 13th isn't just a date that makes some people think twice about leaving the house. According to a new survey, it's actually the most common superstition in Minnesota!

The survey, conducted by a TV station in Memphis, looked at more than 200 different superstitions and identified the most common one in each state. Here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Friday the 13th came out on top.

And if that date makes you a little uneasy, I've got some good news and bad news. First, the bad news: We're staring down another Friday the 13th this week. The good news, though, is that this Friday is the last one of 2026, and there will only be one Friday the 13th in both 2027 and 2028.

Friday the 13th Dates in 2026, 2027 and 2028

If you ARE superstitious about Friday the 13th, you haven't had to worry too much about it since earlier this year. In fact, 2026 has included three separate Friday the 13ths:

Friday the 13ths Occurring in 2026:

• Friday, February 13
• Friday, March 13
• Friday, November 13

Previous to February and March of this year, Friday the 13th was even more rare. In fact, there was only one Friday the 13th in 2025, and it happened in June. Before that, in 2024, there were only two Friday the 13ths, both of which fell in the last quarter, in September and December.

And both of the next two years will also have only one Friday the 13th for you to worry about:

• Friday, August 13, 2027
• Friday, October 13, 2028

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Before we go too much further, though, a quick diversion to point out that whenever I hear the word 'superstition,' I'm always reminded of Steve Carell's character from The Office. Check out Michael Scott's unique view on being 'superstitious':

I'm not hugely superstitious myself, although when we were updating our master bathroom recently, and I was taking our old big bathroom mirror to the Olmsted County Recycling Center, I made sure NOT to break it! (I guess, just like Michael Scott, I, too, am a 'little stitious...')

The Most Common Superstitions Across America

So, while Friday the 13th takes the top spot here in the Gopher State, what about the rest of the country?

The survey found that Friday the 13th is also the most common superstition in Colorado, Virginia, and Tennessee. Over in my home state of Wisconsin, however, the most common superstition is that 'bad luck comes in threes.'

That belief was the second-most common superstition in the survey, also appearing in Vermont, South Dakota, Montana, New Hampshire, and Nebraska.

So what's the most common superstition in the entire survey?

That'd be 'throwing salt over your shoulder.' It was listed as the most common superstition in 17 different states. Other common superstitions the survey found included lucky pennies, owls, a ladybug landing on you, a lucky rabbit's foot, and lucky prime numbers.

If you are still a little squeamish about our last Friday the 13th, keep scrolling to see some common things you can do to try to ward off that bad luck later this week!