North Dakota

Storms in North Dakota in 1996

939 events in 320 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

North Dakota in 1996 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

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The year

Events
939
Deaths
7
Injuries
6
Damage
$23 million
Episodes
320

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Blizzard26801
Hail16803$12 million
Cold/Wind Chill15150
Winter Storm14102
Thunderstorm Wind6900$8.8 million
Flood3900
Ice Storm2700
Tornado2500$1.0 million
High Wind2300$2,000
Lightning1000$435,000
Heavy Snow800
Flash Flood500$220,000
Heavy Rain410
Freezing Fog110

Every episode, month by month

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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.