Storms in South Dakota in 1972
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1972, 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 1972 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
- 67
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $363,000
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 31 | 0 | 1 | $363,000 |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 1972
- Hail in South Dakota, May 18, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 21, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 22, 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 24, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 25, 1972
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, May 26, 1972
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, May 28, 1972
June 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 10, 1972
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 12, 1972
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, June 13, 1972
- Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 18, 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 19, 1972
- Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 28, 1972
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 30, 1972
July 1972
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 6, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 7, 1972
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 9, 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 11, 1972
- Hail in South Dakota, July 13, 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 16, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 19, 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 21, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 22, 1972
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 25, 1972
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, July 30, 1972
August 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 5, 1972
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 1972
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 7, 1972
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 11, 1972
September 1972
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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.