North Dakota

Storms in North Dakota in 2021

1,196 events in 95 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2021, 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 2021 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
1,196
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$10 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
Drought31900
Thunderstorm Wind23500$55,000
High Wind19200$945,000
Hail18000$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill8500
Heavy Snow7700
Blizzard2700
Frost/Freeze2100
Cold/Wind Chill1800
Tornado1500$5.1 million
Funnel Cloud1200
Flash Flood1000$2.8 million
Freezing Fog500$385,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2021

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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.