Storms in South Dakota in 1969
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1969, 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 1969 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
- 97
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 18
- Damage
- $725,000
- Episodes
- 30
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 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 30 | 0 | 18 | $725,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1969
- Hail in South Dakota, May 3, 1969
- Hail in South Dakota, May 5, 1969
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 9, 1969
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 14, 1969
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 1969
- Hail in South Dakota, May 25, 1969
June 1969
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 10, 1969
- Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 1969
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 1969
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 28, 1969
July 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 1, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 3, 1969
- Hail in South Dakota, July 4, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 7, 1969
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 8, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 10, 1969
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, July 13, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 14, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 1969
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 16, 1969
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 17, 1969
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 18, 1969
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 1969
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 30, 1969
August 1969
- Hail in South Dakota, August 1, 1969
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 3, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 8, 1969
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 12, 1969
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 19, 1969
September 1969
More
Every year in South DakotaEvery state in 1969Tornadoes in South Dakota in 196919681970
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.