South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2013

1,743 events in 305 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2013, 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 2013 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
1,743
Deaths
7
Injuries
14
Damage
$154 million
Episodes
305

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
Hail57401$30 million
Thunderstorm Wind34700$321,000
Drought20100
Winter Storm17210$80 million
Blizzard10143
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill9300
High Wind7800
Winter Weather4714
Flash Flood3300$1.1 million
Flood2800$260,000
Heavy Snow2400
Ice Storm1400
Tornado1414$42 million
Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Rain600
Funnel Cloud400
Dense Fog102

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

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November 2013

December 2013

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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.