South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2018

2,186 events in 374 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South 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.

South 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
2,186
Deaths
6
Injuries
11
Damage
$5.2 million
Episodes
374

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
Hail46000$5,000
Thunderstorm Wind39302
Winter Weather33358
Flood20200$21,000
Winter Storm18700
Blizzard13800
Cold/Wind Chill11600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7210
Heavy Snow6400
Flash Flood5601$3.2 million
High Wind4700
Heat4700
Drought3500
Tornado1900$2.0 million
Dust Storm600
Heavy Rain500
Funnel Cloud500
Dense Fog100

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.