Storms in South Dakota in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1985, 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 1985 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
- 283
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $2.9 million
- Episodes
- 46
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 | 122 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 101 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 60 | 0 | 1 | $2.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, April 19, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, April 20, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 21, 1985
May 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 5, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 8, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 10, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 11, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 25, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 28, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 29, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 1985
June 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 5, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 7, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 21, 1985
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 24, 1985
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 1985
July 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 1, 1985
- Hail in South Dakota, July 2, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 14, 1985
- Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 16, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 17, 1985
- Hail in South Dakota, July 21, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 1985
August 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 2, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 3, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 5, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 7, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 9, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 11, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 12, 1985
- Hail in South Dakota, August 15, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 16, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 19, 1985
- Hail in South Dakota, August 20, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 21, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 22, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 29, 1985
September 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 2, 1985
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, September 4, 1985
- Hail in South Dakota, September 8, 1985
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 15, 1985
- Hail in South Dakota, September 16, 1985
October 1985
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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.