Storms in North Dakota in 1998

485 events in 81 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 1998, 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 1998 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: 485
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 6
Damage: $11 million
Episodes: 81

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	Injuries	Damage
Hail	222	0	$11,000
Blizzard	67	5	$200,000
Winter Storm	52	0
Thunderstorm Wind	40	0	$57,000
Heavy Snow	32	0
Tornado	28	1	$10 million
Flash Flood	12	0	$250,000
Funnel Cloud	11	0
Lightning	10	0	$40,000
Flood	8	0	$450,000
Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	$75,000
Heavy Rain	1	0
High Wind	1	0

Every episode, month by month

February 1998

March 1998

April 1998

Heavy Snow in North Dakota, April 1, 19981 event

May 1998

June 1998

July 1998

August 1998

September 1998

Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, September 25, 1998$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 events

November 1998

December 1998

Every year in North Dakota Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in North Dakota in 1998 Warnings in North Dakota in 1998 1997 1999

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.