Hail, Meade
- When
- July 16, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -102.720
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 16, 1981
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- July 16, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -102.200
Hail, Haakon
- When
- July 16, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Haakon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -101.670
Hail, Bennett
- When
- July 16, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Bennett County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -101.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes
- When
- July 16, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -100.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Oglala Lakota
- When
- July 16, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -102.570
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 16, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 16, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 16, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 16, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 16, 1981
- Hail in Arizona, July 16, 1981
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 16, 1981
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather history
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10123206, 10123207, 10123419, 10123420, 10123421, 10123422.