North Dakota

Storms in North Dakota in 2008

1,206 events in 129 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,206
Deaths
2
Injuries
7
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
129

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
Hail35700$5.6 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill24910
High Wind15200$908,000
Thunderstorm Wind12400$269,000
Blizzard9800$186,000
Heavy Snow6800$78,000
Winter Storm5102
Tornado3503$17 million
Frost/Freeze2500
Funnel Cloud2200
Flash Flood1300$1.5 million
Lightning600$55,000
Heavy Rain300$5,000
Wildfire202$350,000
Cold/Wind Chill110

Every episode, month by month

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November 2008

December 2008

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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.