South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 1996

1,262 events in 529 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South 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.

South 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
1,262
Deaths
10
Injuries
104
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
529

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
Hail284020$6.7 million
Blizzard225310$920,000
High Wind19800$1.7 million
Heavy Snow17005$42,000
Thunderstorm Wind11001$2.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill7610
Winter Storm6501$1.3 million
Ice Storm51666$2.7 million
Tornado4601$1.3 million
Flood2100
Lightning700$43,000
Flash Flood500$260,000
Funnel Cloud200
Heavy Rain200$100,000

Every episode, month by month

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December 1996

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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.