North Dakota

Storms in North Dakota in 2016

1,092 events in 95 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2016, 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 2016 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

Open the live radar over North Dakota

The year

Events
1,092
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$93 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
Hail40602$83 million
Thunderstorm Wind30400$350,000
Blizzard12300$2.0 million
High Wind7100
Heavy Snow3900
Funnel Cloud3900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3600
Tornado2300$5.6 million
Flash Flood1500$2.1 million
Winter Storm1300
Ice Storm800$50,000
Excessive Heat800
Heavy Rain700

Every episode, month by month

January 2016

February 2016

April 2016

May 2016

June 2016

July 2016

August 2016

September 2016

October 2016

November 2016

December 2016

More

Every year in North DakotaEvery state in 2016Tornadoes in North Dakota in 2016Warnings in North Dakota in 201620152017

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.