Storms in South Dakota in 1966
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1966, 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 1966 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
- 84
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $890,000
- Episodes
- 39
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 30 | 3 | 12 | $890,000 |
| Hail | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1966
May 1966
June 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, June 1, 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, June 2, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 3, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 1966
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 5, 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 1966
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 21, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 22, 1966
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, June 24, 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 1966
July 1966
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 1, 1966
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 2, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 1966
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 11, 1966
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 12, 1966
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 13, 1966
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 17, 1966
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 21, 1966
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 22, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 25, 1966
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 26, 1966
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 27, 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, July 28, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 31, 1966
August 1966
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 4, 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, August 17, 1966
September 1966
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 3, 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, September 10, 1966
- Hail in South Dakota, September 11, 1966
October 1966
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Every year in South DakotaEvery state in 1966Tornadoes in South Dakota in 196619651967
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.