Storms in North Dakota in 2005

1,199 events in 424 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2005, 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 2005 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: 1,199
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 7
Damage: $124 million
Episodes: 424

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	398	0	3	$100 million
Thunderstorm Wind	238	1	0	$4.8 million
High Wind	108	0	0	$50,000
Flash Flood	103	0	0	$2.7 million
Winter Storm	85	0	0	$3.0 million
Blizzard	65	0	0	$2.2 million
Flood	57	0	0
Tornado	57	0	1	$12 million
Cold/Wind Chill	54	0	0
Funnel Cloud	12	0	0
Winter Weather	9	0	0	$85,000
Lightning	5	0	0	$5,000
Heavy Rain	4	0	0
Heavy Snow	3	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	3

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in North Dakota Every state in 2005 Tornadoes in North Dakota in 2005 Warnings in North Dakota in 2005 2004 2006

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.