Storms in South Dakota in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South 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.
South 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
- 51
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $153,000
- Episodes
- 28
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 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 11 | 0 | 3 | $153,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1959
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 2, 1959
- Hail in South Dakota, May 3, 1959
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 4, 1959
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 25, 1959
- Hail in South Dakota, May 26, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 27, 1959
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 28, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 30, 1959
June 1959
- Hail in South Dakota, June 3, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 10, 1959
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 11, 1959
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, June 16, 1959
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 18, 1959
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 22, 1959
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 23, 1959
July 1959
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 7, 1959
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 8, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 15, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 17, 1959
August 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 2, 1959
- Hail in South Dakota, August 3, 1959
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 11, 1959
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 19, 1959
- Hail in South Dakota, August 23, 1959
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 24, 1959
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 31, 1959
More
Every year in South DakotaEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in South 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.