Storms in North Dakota in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 1978, 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.
North Dakota in 1978 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
- 186
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 35
- Damage
- $3.6 million
- Episodes
- 40
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 | 105 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 35 | 5 | 35 | $3.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1978
May 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, May 10, 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, May 21, 1978
- Tornado in North Dakota, May 23, 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, May 24, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, May 25, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 26, 1978
June 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 9, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 14, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 15, 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, June 16, 1978
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 19, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 23, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 25, 1978
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 29, 1978
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 30, 1978
July 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, July 2, 1978
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 3, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 4, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 5, 1978
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 8, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 11, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 12, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 16, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 24, 1978
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 30, 1978
August 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, August 10, 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, August 12, 1978
- Tornado in North Dakota, August 14, 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, August 17, 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, August 20, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 22, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 25, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 31, 1978
September 1978
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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.