South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2019

2,542 events in 430 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2019, 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 2019 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
2,542
Deaths
9
Injuries
35
Damage
$1.1 billion
Episodes
430

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
Flood75130$1.0 billion
Hail45900$158,000
Thunderstorm Wind36800$5,000
Winter Weather22117$8,000
Winter Storm174111
Blizzard17020$5.0 million
Heavy Snow9600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill8410
High Wind5500
Flash Flood3902$7.4 million
Heat3500
Tornado26014$20 million
Cold/Wind Chill2400
Excessive Heat2200
Funnel Cloud800
Lightning300$50,000
Heavy Rain300
Ice Storm200
Dust Devil100$2,000
Dense Fog111

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.