Storms in South Dakota in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South 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.
South 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
- 121
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $1.3 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 | 64 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 0 | 15 | $1.3 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1978
May 1978
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 4, 1978
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 27, 1978
June 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 6, 1978
- Hail in South Dakota, June 10, 1978
- Hail in South Dakota, June 11, 1978
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 14, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 1978
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 16, 1978
- Hail in South Dakota, June 22, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 30, 1978
July 1978
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 2, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 6, 1978
- Hail in South Dakota, July 8, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 11, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 16, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 17, 1978
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 18, 1978
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 19, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25, 1978
- Hail in South Dakota, July 29, 1978
August 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 1, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 14, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 22, 1978
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 27, 1978
September 1978
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Every year in South DakotaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in South Dakota in 197819771979
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.