South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2009

1,521 events in 241 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South 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.

South 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
1,521
Deaths
1
Injuries
5
Damage
$76 million
Episodes
241

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
Hail57600$6.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind24310$231,000
Blizzard21900$46 million
Winter Storm10400$120,000
Winter Weather8200
High Wind8203
Flood8200$460,000
Flash Flood4800$22 million
Tornado3400$1.2 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2900
Funnel Cloud1000
Heavy Snow700$10,000
Lightning300$5,000
Strong Wind202$50,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2009

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November 2009

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.