North Dakota

Storms in North Dakota in 2009

957 events in 96 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2009, 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 2009 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
957
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$57 million
Episodes
96

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
Blizzard16000
Hail14100$1.3 million
Flood10900$28 million
Heavy Snow9400$50,000
Thunderstorm Wind7700$67,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill5700
High Wind5700$265,000
Winter Storm5300
Winter Weather5100
Cold/Wind Chill4500
Tornado3102$24 million
Funnel Cloud3100
Flash Flood2100$3.0 million
Ice Storm1500
Heavy Rain1200$15,000
Lightning300$44,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2009

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December 2009

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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.