Storms in North Dakota in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 1959, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
North Dakota in 1959 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 27
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $28,000
- Episodes
- 17
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 11 | 0 | 1 | $28,000 |
| Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1959
June 1959
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 6, 1959
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 8, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 9, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 10, 1959
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 26, 1959
July 1959
August 1959
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 3, 1959
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 5, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 11, 1959
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 22, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 24, 1959
- Tornado in North Dakota, August 25, 1959
- Hail in North Dakota, August 26, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 28, 1959
September 1959
More
Every year in North DakotaEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in North Dakota in 195919581960
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.