Storms in South Dakota in 2008
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South 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.
South 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
The year
- Events
- 1,870
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 25
- Damage
- $23 million
- Episodes
- 315
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 | 742 | 0 | 16 | $1.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 300 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Blizzard | 176 | 1 | 3 | $5.3 million |
| Winter Weather | 150 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 127 | 0 | 0 | $418,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 103 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 86 | 0 | 1 | |
| Flood | 53 | 1 | 0 | $9.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $4.8 million |
| Winter Storm | 38 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Tornado | 27 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 2 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 4 to 5, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 15 to 16, 2008
- Freezing Fog in South Dakota, January 17, 2008
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, January 17 to 18, 2008
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 20 to 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 23, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 27 to 28, 2008
- Extreme Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 30, 2008
February 2008
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, February 4, 2008
- Extreme Cold in South Dakota, February 10, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 11, 2008
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, February 11 to 12, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 17 to 18, 2008
- Extreme Cold in South Dakota, February 19 to 20, 2008
- Cold in South Dakota, February 19 to 20, 2008
March 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 6, 2008
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 20 to 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 26 to 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 26 to 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 26 to 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 28, 2008
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 30 to 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 30 to 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 31, 2008
April 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 5 to 6, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 6, 2008
- Blizzard in South Dakota, April 10 to 11, 2008
- Blizzard in South Dakota, April 10 to 11, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in South Dakota, April 10 to 11, 2008
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 10 to 11, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 15, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, April 20 to 21, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, April 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, April 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, April 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, April 23, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, April 25, 2008
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 25 to 26, 2008
May 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in South Dakota, May 1 to 2, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 1, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, May 6 to 11, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 6, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 6, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, May 19, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, May 23 to 26, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, May 23 to 25, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, May 23 to 26, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, May 23, 2008
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, May 24, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 24, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 24, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 24 to 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 24, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 29, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Dakota, May 29, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 29, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 29, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 31, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 31, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, May 31, 2008
June 2008
- Hail and Heavy Rain in South Dakota, June 1, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 1, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 1, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 1, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 1, 2008
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 1 to 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 2, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 2, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Dakota, June 2 to 3, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, June 2 to 3, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 3, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 3, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 4 to 13, 2008
- Heavy Rain in South Dakota, June 4, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 4 to 8, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 2008
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 4, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 4 to 12, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 4 to 7, 2008
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 5, 2008
- Flood in South Dakota, June 5 to 10, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 5, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 5 to 9, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 5, 2008
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, June 5, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 5, 2008
- Flood in South Dakota, June 5 to 6, 2008
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 5, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 5 to 7, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 5 to 7, 2008
- Flood in South Dakota, June 5 to 16, 2008
- Flood in South Dakota, June 5 to 7, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 6 to 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 6, 2008
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 6 to 7, 2008
- Flood in South Dakota, June 8 to 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 8, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 10, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 10, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 10 to 11, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 10, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 10, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 11, 2008
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 11, 2008
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 11 to 13, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 11, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 12, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, June 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 12, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 14, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 17, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 18 to 19, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 19, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 19, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 20, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 21, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 24, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 24, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 25, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 25, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 25 to 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 26 to 27, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 26, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 27, 2008
- Funnel Cloud in South Dakota, June 27, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 2008
July 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 6, 2008
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 6, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 6, 2008
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 6, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flood in South Dakota, July 6 to 7, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 6, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 8, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 9, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 9, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 10, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 10, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 10, 2008
- Hail and High Wind in South Dakota, July 10, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, July 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 16 to 17, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 17, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 17, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 18, 2008
- Flood in South Dakota, July 18 to 19, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 18 to 19, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 18, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 18 to 19, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 19, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 20 to 21, 2008
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 21, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 21, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 23, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 23, 2008
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 24 to 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 26, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 26, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 26, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 26 to 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 27, 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 28, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 28, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 28, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 28, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 30, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 30, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 30, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 30, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, July 30, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 31, 2008
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, July 31, 2008
August 2008
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 3, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 3, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, August 3, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 3, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 3, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 4, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, August 4, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 4, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 5, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, August 10, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 10, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 11, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Dakota, August 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 11, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 11, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, August 11, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 12, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 12, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 12, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 13, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 13, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 13, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 13, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 13, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 13, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 13, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Dakota, August 14, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, August 21 to 22, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, August 22, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 26, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 27, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, August 28, 2008
September 2008
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 3, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, September 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 22, 2008
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 22, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, September 23, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, September 28, 2008
- Hail in South Dakota, September 28, 2008
October 2008
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, October 11 to 12, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 22, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 26, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 26, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 26, 2008
November 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, November 5 to 6, 2008
- Blizzard in South Dakota, November 5 to 7, 2008
- Blizzard in South Dakota, November 5 to 7, 2008
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, November 6 to 7, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in South Dakota, November 6 to 7, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, November 14, 2008
December 2008
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 2 to 3, 2008
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 8 to 9, 2008
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, December 13 to 14, 2008
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 13 to 14, 2008
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 13 to 15, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 14, 2008
- Extreme Cold in South Dakota, December 14 to 15, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 19, 2008
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 19 to 20, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 20 to 21, 2008
- Extreme Cold in South Dakota, December 20 to 21, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 29 to 30, 2008
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 30, 2008
More
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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.