Storms in South Dakota in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 205
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $280,000
- Episodes
- 41
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 | 94 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 77 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 34 | 0 | 2 | $280,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 17, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, May 23, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, May 25, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 26, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 27, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 29, 1987
June 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, June 10, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 16, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20, 1987
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 22, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, June 23, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 28, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, June 30, 1987
July 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 1, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 5, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 6, 1987
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 7, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 9, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 10, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 11, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, July 19, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 20, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 22, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 29, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 31, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 1, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 2, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 3, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 6, 1987
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 11, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 15, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 19, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, August 21, 1987
September 1987
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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.