Storms in North Dakota in 2003

583 events in 225 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2003, 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 2003 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: 583
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 13
Damage: $52 million
Episodes: 225

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	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	236	0	2	$47 million
Thunderstorm Wind	137	0	0	$20,000
Winter Storm	95	3	6
Tornado	32	0	1	$4.3 million
Blizzard	28	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	22	2	2	$360,000
Flood	8	0	0	$300,000
Heavy Snow	7	0	0
Flash Flood	6	0	0
Wildfire	4	0	1
High Wind	3	0	1	$20,000
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Lightning	2	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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June 2003

July 2003

August 2003

September 2003

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.