South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2017

1,423 events in 201 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2017, 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 2017 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
1,423
Deaths
3
Injuries
3
Damage
$171,000
Episodes
201

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
Hail41202$77,000
Thunderstorm Wind37001$60,000
High Wind13300
Winter Weather12600
Drought8500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill8130
Winter Storm6200
Cold/Wind Chill5300
Blizzard3100
Heavy Snow2500
Tornado1500$20,000
Heavy Rain1100
Flash Flood900$4,000
Flood500
Funnel Cloud300
Strong Wind100$10,000
Lightning100

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.