Storms in South Dakota in 2021

Events

1,860

Deaths

4

Injuries

8

Damage

$118 million

Episodes

240

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.

January 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, January 1 to 31, 202113 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, January 13 to 15, 202181 kt wind · 24 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, January 14 to 15, 202165 kt wind · 18 events
• Blizzard and High Wind in South Dakota, January 14 to 15, 20211 death · 2 injured · 70 kt wind · 24 events
• Wildfire in South Dakota, January 14, 20211 event
• Blizzard in South Dakota, January 14 to 15, 20218 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 17 to 18, 20212 events
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 23, 202124 events
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 25 to 26, 20216 events

February 2021

• Freezing Fog in South Dakota, February 1 to 3, 20215 events
• Drought in South Dakota, February 1 to 28, 202111 events
• Dense Fog in South Dakota, February 3, 20211 death · 1 event
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, February 3 to 4, 202112 events
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, February 4 to 5, 20211 event
• Extreme Cold in South Dakota, February 6 to 17, 202126 events
• Cold in South Dakota, February 11 to 16, 202124 events
• Extreme Cold in South Dakota, February 13 to 16, 202124 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, February 22, 202167 kt wind · 9 events
• Drought in South Dakota, February 23 to 28, 20219 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, February 23, 202159 kt wind · 8 events
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, February 27 to 28, 202117 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, February 27 to 28, 202111 events

March 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, March 1 to 31, 20219 events
• Drought in South Dakota, March 1 to 31, 202111 events
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 9 to 10, 202112 events
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 10, 202111 events
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 10 to 11, 20211 death · 1 injured · 12 events
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 14 to 15, 202120 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 14 to 15, 202124 events
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 14 to 15, 20217 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, March 29, 202170 kt wind · 24 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, March 29 to 30, 202163 kt wind · 26 events
• Wildfire in South Dakota, March 29, 20211 event
• High Wind in South Dakota, March 30, 202158 kt wind · 6 events

April 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, April 1 to 30, 202112 events
• Drought in South Dakota, April 1 to 30, 20215 events
• Hail in South Dakota, April 5, 20211.75 in hail · 9 events
• Hail in South Dakota, April 6, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, April 6 to 7, 202110 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, April 8 to 9, 202160 kt wind · 2 events
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 9, 20211 event
• High Wind in South Dakota, April 11, 202160 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, April 12, 202157 kt wind · 4 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, April 18 to 19, 202113 events

May 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, May 1 to 31, 202112 events
• Drought in South Dakota, May 1 to 31, 2021$58,000 · 2 events
• Hail in South Dakota, May 13, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado in South Dakota, May 15, 20211 event
• Hail in South Dakota, May 19, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 20, 202156 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, May 20, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 20, 202161 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 21, 202156 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 23, 202152 kt wind · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 23, 2021EF1 · 13 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 23, 202152 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 23, 202161 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 23, 202154 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 23, 202174 kt wind · 19 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 23, 202154 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 23, 202152 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 24, 20210.88 in hail · 2 events

June 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, June 1 to 30, 202123 events
• Drought in South Dakota, June 1 to 30, 2021$17 million · 13 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 1, 202152 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 2021EF0 · 2 events
• Drought in South Dakota, June 8 to 30, 2021$12 million · 11 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 8, 20211.5 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 8, 2021EF0 · 12 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 8, 20211.5 in hail · 4 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, June 8, 202158 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 8, 202175 kt wind · 6 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 8, 20211 in hail · 23 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 8, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 8, 20211 in hail · 2 events
• Funnel Cloud in South Dakota, June 8, 20211 event
• Flood in South Dakota, June 10 to 11, 20211 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 10, 20211 in hail · 8 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 10, 20211.75 in hail · 9 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 10, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 10, 202164 kt wind · 10 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 10, 202161 kt wind · 4 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, June 10 to 11, 202160 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 10 to 11, 20211 in hail · 19 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 10, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 10 to 11, 202161 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 11, 20211 injured · $54,000 · 61 kt wind · 10 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 13, 20211.25 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 13, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, June 14, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, June 14, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 20212.5 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 20212 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 20210.88 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 20211.75 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 19, 20211 in hail · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 19, 20212 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 19, 202152 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 23, 202152 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 23, 2021$3,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event

July 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, July 1 to 31, 202126 events
• Drought in South Dakota, July 1 to 31, 2021$58 million · 24 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 2, 202167 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Wildfire in South Dakota, July 3 to 4, 20211 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20211 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 202152 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 20211 in hail · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 202156 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 20212 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 202152 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 4, 202153 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 20211.75 in hail · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 2021$59,000 · 1 in hail · 11 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 5, 202154 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 202152 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 6, 202170 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 6, 202152 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 6, 20210.88 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 6, 20211 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 7, 202151 kt wind · 1 event
• Heavy Rain in South Dakota, July 8, 20211 death · 4 injured · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 8, 20212.75 in hail · 12 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 8, 20212 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 8, 20212.5 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 8, 20211.75 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 8 to 9, 2021$90,000 · 1.5 in hail · 9 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 9, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 9, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 9, 202155 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 13, 202161 kt wind · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 16, 20212.25 in hail · 14 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 16, 202172 kt wind · 8 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 16, 202150 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 17, 20212.25 in hail · 6 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 17, 202152 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 22, 202179 kt wind · 10 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 23, 20211 in hail · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 23, 202171 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 23, 202165 kt wind · 15 events
• Wildfire in South Dakota, July 24, 20211 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 25, 20213.75 in hail · 13 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 25, 202155 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 25, 20211.5 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 25, 20211.25 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 26, 20211 in hail · 1 event

August 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, August 1 to 31, 202126 events
• Drought in South Dakota, August 1 to 31, 2021$19 million · 24 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 5, 202157 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 5 to 6, 2021$912,000 · 3.5 in hail · 29 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 6, 202161 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 6, 202159 kt wind · 10 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 6, 202161 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 6, 202163 kt wind · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 7, 20211.5 in hail · 8 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 20211 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 20212.5 in hail · 9 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 20212.75 in hail · 5 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 20211.5 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 20211.5 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 17, 202152 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 19, 202161 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 19, 202156 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 20, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 22, 2021EF0 · 26 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 22, 2021$200,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 23 to 24, 20211.25 in hail · 20 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 23, 20211 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 23, 202173 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 23, 20211 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 25, 2021$33,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 26, 202154 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 26, 202170 kt wind · 29 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 26, 2021$75,000 · 63 kt wind · 5 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 26, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, August 26, 20214.5 in hail · 7 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 26, 2021$8,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 26 to 27, 202156 kt wind · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 27, 20211.75 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 28, 20212.75 in hail · 30 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, August 28, 2021$3.9 million · EF1 · 47 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 30, 2021$76,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 30, 20212.75 in hail · 8 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 30, 20212.75 in hail · 11 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 30, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in South Dakota, August 30, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, August 30, 20211 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 30 to 31, 202173 kt wind · 6 events

September 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, September 1 to 30, 202119 events
• Drought in South Dakota, September 1 to 30, 2021$3.7 million · 23 events
• Hail in South Dakota, September 3, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, September 16, 20211 in hail · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 16, 2021$565,000 · 1.25 in hail · 22 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, September 19, 202164 kt wind · 8 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 19, 20211.25 in hail · 2 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, September 19 to 20, 202155 kt wind · 7 events

October 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, October 1 to 31, 2021$1.1 million · 21 events
• Drought in South Dakota, October 1 to 31, 202118 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, October 9, 2021$65,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, October 9, 2021EF0 · 13 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, October 12 to 13, 20219 events
• Lightning Strike in South Dakota, October 13, 2021$10,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in South Dakota, October 13, 202168 kt wind · 11 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, October 13, 2021EF0 · 10 events
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, October 19 to 20, 20216 events
• Hail in South Dakota, October 20, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event

November 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, November 1 to 30, 2021$565,000 · 19 events
• Drought in South Dakota, November 1 to 30, 20211 event
• High Wind in South Dakota, November 11 to 12, 202171 kt wind · 17 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, November 11 to 12, 202165 kt wind · 20 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, November 11 to 12, 202164 kt wind · 13 events
• Blizzard in South Dakota, November 11 to 12, 20217 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, November 13, 202176 kt wind · 14 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, November 13, 202170 kt wind · 26 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, November 13, 202162 kt wind · 3 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, November 16 to 17, 202156 kt wind · 11 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, November 17, 202154 kt wind · 6 events

December 2021

• Drought in South Dakota, December 1 to 7, 20216 events
• Drought in South Dakota, December 1 to 31, 20211 event
• High Wind in South Dakota, December 5, 202153 kt wind · 5 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, December 5, 202153 kt wind · 13 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, December 5, 202156 kt wind · 2 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 9 to 10, 202118 events
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, December 9 to 10, 20213 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 10 to 11, 202123 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, December 14, 202158 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, December 15, 202169 kt wind · 15 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, December 15 to 16, 202164 kt wind · 24 events
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 15, 20213 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, December 15 to 16, 202156 kt wind · 23 events
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, December 17, 20214 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, December 23 to 24, 202158 kt wind · 5 events
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, December 26 to 27, 20212 events
• Extreme Cold in South Dakota, December 28 to 31, 202118 events
• Extreme Cold and Cold in South Dakota, December 31, 202127 events

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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.