South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2022

2,741 events in 337 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2022, 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 2022 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
2,741
Deaths
15
Injuries
5
Damage
$500 million
Episodes
337

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
Thunderstorm Wind76500$302,000
High Wind45800$90,000
Hail45020$5.7 million
Drought22700$489 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill18900
Winter Weather16232
Blizzard13360
Flood6010$1.6 million
Cold/Wind Chill5000
Winter Storm4400
Excessive Heat4400
Tornado3903$747,000
Heavy Snow3300
Ice Storm3100
Strong Wind2200
Flash Flood1720$2.0 million
Funnel Cloud800
Wildfire500$79,000
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog110
Heat100

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.