Storms in North Dakota in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 117
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $581,000
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 25 | 0 | 0 | $581,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 16, 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 19, 1979
- Tornado in North Dakota, May 21, 1979
June 1979
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 1, 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 2, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 3, 1979
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 11, 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 12, 1979
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 13, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 19, 1979
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 24, 1979
- Hail in North Dakota, June 25, 1979
- Tornadoes in North Dakota, June 28, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 29, 1979
July 1979
- Hail in North Dakota, July 1, 1979
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 8, 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 9, 1979
- Hail in North Dakota, July 10, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 11, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 12, 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 21, 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 22, 1979
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 23, 1979
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 25, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 29, 1979
August 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 1, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 3, 1979
- Hail in North Dakota, August 4, 1979
- Tornadoes in North Dakota, August 21, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 27, 1979
- Hail in North Dakota, August 28, 1979
- Hail in North Dakota, August 30, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 31, 1979
September 1979
October 1979
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Every year in North DakotaEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in North Dakota in 197919781980
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.