North Dakota

Storms in North Dakota in 2018

923 events in 102 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2018, 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 2018 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
923
Deaths
2
Injuries
35
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
102

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
Hail30500$15 million
Thunderstorm Wind26300$766,000
Heavy Snow11603$1.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7000
Blizzard5200
Winter Storm3600
Funnel Cloud3000
Tornado29128$5.8 million
High Wind1500
Flash Flood614$4.1 million
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.