South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2015

1,680 events in 240 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2015, 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 2015 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
1,680
Deaths
3
Injuries
14
Damage
$7.9 million
Episodes
240

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
Hail52301$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind41403$2.2 million
Winter Storm18800
Winter Weather17500$125,000
High Wind15800
Heavy Snow5700
Flood4400$845,000
Blizzard3300
Flash Flood2810$1.4 million
Tornado2709$2.0 million
Funnel Cloud900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Heavy Rain700
Lightning511$2,000
Wildfire200
Cold/Wind Chill110
Strong Wind100

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.