South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2003

1,207 events in 455 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South 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.

South 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
1,207
Deaths
1
Injuries
13
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
455

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
Hail59002$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind24602$3.5 million
Winter Storm11500$10,000
Tornado8607$14 million
Winter Weather6800
High Wind3800$50,000
Heavy Snow3800$10,000
Flash Flood1500$100,000
Lightning512$15,000
Wildfire200
Funnel Cloud200
Dense Fog100
Heavy Rain100

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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November 2003

December 2003

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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.