South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2006

1,377 events in 364 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2006, 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 2006 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
1,377
Deaths
2
Injuries
27
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
364

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
Hail55200$748,000
Thunderstorm Wind24216$650,000
Drought13600
Winter Storm125013$8.5 million
High Wind7400$25,000
Heat6810
Winter Weather5505
Heavy Snow5300
Tornado3003$17 million
Flash Flood1400$75,000
Flood800
Ice Storm600$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Funnel Cloud400
Heavy Rain400
Wildfire200

Every episode, month by month

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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.