North Dakota

Storms in North Dakota in 2012

687 events in 95 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2012, 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 2012 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
687
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$6.0 million
Episodes
95

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
Hail24900$836,000
Thunderstorm Wind13300$157,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill8700
Heavy Snow5400
High Wind4700
Drought4500
Winter Storm3800
Funnel Cloud1100
Tornado900$22,000
Wildfire502$4.5 million
Blizzard400
Flash Flood300$474,000
Heavy Rain100
Lightning100

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

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September 2012

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November 2012

December 2012

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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.