South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2010

1,957 events in 343 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2010, 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 2010 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
1,957
Deaths
6
Injuries
24
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
343

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
Hail54202$9.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind51301$891,000
Flood17600$760,000
Blizzard15100$5,000
High Wind13300$124,000
Winter Weather12815$475,000
Winter Storm9500
Flash Flood7305$4.6 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill5000
Tornado4207$3.3 million
Heavy Snow3012
Funnel Cloud800
Heavy Rain700
Lakeshore Flood600
Dense Fog132
Ice Storm110
Lightning100$5,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2010

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July 2010

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September 2010

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November 2010

December 2010

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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.