Storms in North Dakota in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 180
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 14
- Damage
- $5.9 million
- Episodes
- 38
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 | 99 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 51 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 30 | 0 | 13 | $5.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1986
April 1986
May 1986
June 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 2, 1986
- Hail in North Dakota, June 3, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 6, 1986
- Hail in North Dakota, June 14, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 15, 1986
- Hail in North Dakota, June 17, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 25, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 26, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 27, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 29, 1986
- Tornadoes in North Dakota, June 30, 1986
July 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 3, 1986
- Hail in North Dakota, July 5, 1986
- Tornadoes in North Dakota, July 10, 1986
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 11, 1986
- Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 16, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 17, 1986
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 22, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 25, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 27, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 29, 1986
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 30, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 31, 1986
August 1986
- Hail in North Dakota, August 4, 1986
- Hail in North Dakota, August 13, 1986
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 19, 1986
September 1986
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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.