South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2000

1,323 events in 345 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2000, 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 2000 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
1,323
Deaths
1
Injuries
20
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
345

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
Hail44208$18 million
Thunderstorm Wind236010$9.5 million
High Wind19501$545,000
Blizzard12500$1.5 million
Winter Storm11800
Drought7200
Heavy Snow5200$89,000
Wildfire3811$580,000
Tornado1800$290,000
Ice Storm1300
Lightning900$176,000
Flash Flood500

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

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November 2000

December 2000

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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.