South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2002

1,273 events in 551 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2002, 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 2002 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
1,273
Deaths
2
Injuries
5
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
551

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
Hail63902$6.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind27000$5.5 million
High Wind18101$70,000
Winter Storm10100$210,000
Drought2600
Flash Flood1900$500,000
Tornado1301$1.1 million
Heavy Snow1200
Lightning900$62,000
Ice Storm121$250,000
Wildfire100
Heavy Rain100

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

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November 2002

December 2002

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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.