Storms in South Dakota in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 107
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 21
- Damage
- $2.9 million
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 2 | 21 | $2.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1973
May 1973
June 1973
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 7, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 14, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 1973
- Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 18, 1973
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 24, 1973
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 25, 1973
July 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 1, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 4, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 8, 1973
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 9, 1973
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 10, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 23, 1973
- Hail in South Dakota, July 28, 1973
August 1973
- Hail in South Dakota, August 1, 1973
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 5, 1973
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 1973
- Hail in South Dakota, August 8, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 1973
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 15, 1973
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 18, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 20, 1973
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 25, 1973
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 27, 1973
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 30, 1973
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 31, 1973
September 1973
October 1973
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Every year in South DakotaEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in South Dakota in 197319721974
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.