Storms in South Dakota in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 197
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $3.1 million
- Episodes
- 45
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 | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 0 | 4 | $3.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1983
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, May 5, 1983
- Hail in South Dakota, May 6, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 9, 1983
- Hail in South Dakota, May 25, 1983
June 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 10, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 12, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 13, 1983
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 16, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 20, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 1983
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 22, 1983
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 26, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 30, 1983
July 1983
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 2, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 1983
- Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 1983
- Hail in South Dakota, July 16, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 17, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 20, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 26, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 28, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 29, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 30, 1983
August 1983
- Hail in South Dakota, August 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 15, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 16, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 17, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 19, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 26, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 27, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 29, 1983
- Hail in South Dakota, August 31, 1983
September 1983
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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.