North Dakota

Storms in North Dakota in 2011

1,469 events in 145 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2011, 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 2011 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
1,469
Deaths
4
Injuries
15
Damage
$187 million
Episodes
145

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
Hail28303$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind27200
High Wind17901$715,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill15810
Blizzard12818$3.5 million
Flood8620$149 million
Tornado6203$21 million
Flash Flood5200$11 million
Heavy Rain5100
Winter Storm5000
Heavy Snow4700
Excessive Heat4700$700,000
Funnel Cloud3900
Frost/Freeze800
Lightning600
Wildfire100

Every episode, month by month

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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.