Storms in South Dakota in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 115
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $583,000
- Episodes
- 35
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 | 62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 0 | 1 | $583,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 11, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 19, 1974
- Tornado in South Dakota, April 20, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, April 26, 1974
- Tornado in South Dakota, April 27, 1974
May 1974
- Hail in South Dakota, May 9, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 11, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 19, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 20, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 27, 1974
June 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 3, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 4, 1974
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 10, 1974
- Hail in South Dakota, June 13, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 21, 1974
July 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 2, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 5, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 13, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 16, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 21, 1974
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 23, 1974
- Hail in South Dakota, July 25, 1974
August 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 9, 1974
- Hail in South Dakota, August 13, 1974
- Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 20, 1974
- Hail in South Dakota, August 22, 1974
- Hail in South Dakota, August 23, 1974
September 1974
October 1974
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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.