South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2011

1,906 events in 387 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South 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.

South 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
1,906
Deaths
8
Injuries
4
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
387

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
Hail54800$12 million
Thunderstorm Wind44400$369,000
Flood26500$9.9 million
High Wind15100$19,000
Blizzard8500
Winter Storm8300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill6800
Heavy Snow5610
Winter Weather5331
Flash Flood5220$866,000
Excessive Heat5000$30,000
Tornado1900$252,000
Lakeshore Flood700
Funnel Cloud600
Drought600
Ice Storm400
Lightning310$20,000
Strong Wind202
Wildfire201
Cold/Wind Chill110
Heavy Rain100

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

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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.