Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 1989

Name: Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 1989
Start: 1989-07-03T15:30
End: 1989-07-03T21:15
Location: South Dakota

July 3, 1989 · NWS FSD · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pennington

When: July 3, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Pennington County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 44.080, -103.450

Hail, Pennington

When: July 3, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Pennington County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 43.900, -102.570

Hail, Custer

When: July 3, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Custer County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 43.770, -103.420

Hail, Pennington

When: July 3, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Pennington County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 44.050, -102.230

Hail, Brule

When: July 3, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Brule County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 43.750, -99.130

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 1989 Every state in 1989 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, July 1989

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: 10126080, 10126081, 10126082, 10126083, 10126084.