Storms in South Dakota in 1963
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1963, 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 1963 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
- 54
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $553,000
- Episodes
- 27
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 9 | 0 | 0 | $553,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1963
- Hail in South Dakota, May 6, 1963
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 9, 1963
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 1963
June 1963
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 1, 1963
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 3, 1963
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, June 6, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 7, 1963
- Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1963
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 23, 1963
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 25, 1963
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 26, 1963
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 27, 1963
July 1963
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 6, 1963
- Hail in South Dakota, July 7, 1963
- Hail in South Dakota, July 13, 1963
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 16, 1963
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 1963
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 26, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 29, 1963
- Hail in South Dakota, July 30, 1963
August 1963
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 1, 1963
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 8, 1963
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 10, 1963
- Hail in South Dakota, August 15, 1963
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 27, 1963
September 1963
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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.