Storms in South Dakota in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 252
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $253,000
- Episodes
- 48
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 | 101 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 98 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 53 | 0 | 0 | $253,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, May 25, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 26, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 29, 1980
June 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, June 2, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 5, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 7, 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, June 11, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 12, 1980
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 13, 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, June 14, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 1980
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 16, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 25, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 26, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 27, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 30, 1980
July 1980
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, July 2, 1980
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 3, 1980
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 8, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 10, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 13, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 17, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 27, 1980
August 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 3, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 7, 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, August 10, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 12, 1980
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 13, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 18, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 20, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 23, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 25, 1980
September 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, September 1, 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, September 3, 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, September 15, 1980
- Hail in South Dakota, September 27, 1980
October 1980
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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.