South Dakota Storm & Severe Weather History
Since 1996, South Dakota has logged 50,087 severe-weather events — about 1,616 a year — with 73 direct deaths, 561 injuries and $854.1M in reported property damage.
By event type
Hail14,715—$163.2M
Thunderstorm Wind10,4375 d$79.1M
High Wind4,961—$6.4M
Winter Weather3,1148 d$613K
Winter Storm2,8951 d$92.1M
Flood2,5345 d$226.9M
Blizzard2,49913 d$112.8M
Drought1,986——
Heavy Snow1,416—$341K
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1,3886 d—
Tornado8418 d$87.3M
Flash Flood8344 d$54.3M
Excessive Heat6121 d$30K
Cold/Wind Chill6056 d—
Strong Wind279—$265K
Heat2461 d—
Events by year
19962026
Notable events (89)
Events with deaths, major damage, or a strong tornado — deadliest first.
Tornado (EF3)May 5, 2007
Aurora · $300K damage
Tornado (EF3)June 28, 2025
Deuel · 2 injured ·
Tornado (EF3)May 30, 2022
Deuel ·
Tornado (EF3)June 28, 2018
Harding ·
Tornado (EF4)May 22, 2010
Edmunds ·
Tornado (F3)August 24, 2006
Mcpherson · 1 injured ·
Tornado (F3)June 23, 2002
Brown ·
Tornado (F4)June 23, 2002
Brown ·
Tornado (F3)May 31, 1996
Marshall ·
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Counts are every logged event since 1996; the "notable" list is filtered to events with fatalities, major damage or a strong tornado. Damage is the reporting office's estimate. A record of past weather is not a forecast. See About the Data.