South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2014

1,335 events in 260 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2014, 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 2014 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
1,335
Deaths
5
Injuries
15
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
260

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
Hail37700$2.3 million
High Wind22605
Thunderstorm Wind19900$59,000
Winter Weather11933
Blizzard11412
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7700
Flash Flood4811$4.8 million
Flood4500$3.0 million
Heavy Snow3500
Winter Storm3300
Tornado3004$9.3 million
Cold/Wind Chill1300
Heavy Rain900
Funnel Cloud800
Lightning200$2,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2014

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May 2014

June 2014

July 2014

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November 2014

December 2014

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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.