Storms in South Dakota in 2005

1,612 events in 597 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South 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.

South 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: 1,612
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 5
Damage: $46 million
Episodes: 597

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	755	0	4	$2.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind	360	0	1	$1.1 million
High Wind	176	0	0	$600,000
Winter Storm	66	0	0	$1.0 million
Blizzard	48	1	0	$1.9 million
Winter Weather	47	0	0
Heavy Snow	43	0	0
Flash Flood	43	0	0	$270,000
Ice Storm	27	0	0	$15 million
Flood	21	0	0	$23 million
Tornado	19	0	0	$122,000
Lightning	5	0	0	$200,000
Wildfire	1	0	0
Dust Devil	1	0	0	$20,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2005

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July 2005

August 2005

September 2005

October 2005

Winter Storm in South Dakota, October 4 to 5, 2005$500,000 · 6 events

November 2005

December 2005

Every year in South Dakota Every state in 2005 Tornadoes in South Dakota in 2005 Warnings in South 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.