Storms in South Dakota in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 43
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $253,000
- Episodes
- 19
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 4 | 0 | 0 | $253,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1976
May 1976
June 1976
- Hail in South Dakota, June 1, 1976
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 2, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 9, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 10, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 11, 1976
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 12, 1976
- Hail in South Dakota, June 14, 1976
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 24, 1976
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 25, 1976
July 1976
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 6, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 14, 1976
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 19, 1976
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 25, 1976
August 1976
More
Every year in South DakotaEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in South Dakota in 197619751977
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.