South Dakota, 2022

Drought in South Dakota, September 27 to 30, 2022

September 27 to 30, 2022 · NWS FSD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A persistence of above normal temperatures and minimal precipitation maintained or worsened long-term drought conditions.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
$6.1 million
Events
2

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.

A persistence of above normal temperatures and minimal precipitation maintained or worsened long-term drought conditions.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 26, 9:28 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 9:28 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Kingsbury

When
September 27, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where
Kingsbury forecast zone
Crop damage
$3.5 million
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
44.370, -97.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Precipitation at Iroquois and De Smet was less than 25 percent of normal, with temperatures of 3 to 4 degrees above normal during September. Severe (D2) drought conditions developed at the very end of the month. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Drought, Miner

When
September 27, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where
Miner forecast zone
Crop damage
$2.6 million
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
44.022, -97.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Precipitation at Howard and near Winfred was less than 25 percent of normal, with temperatures of 3 to 4 degrees above normal during September. Severe (D2) drought conditions developed at the very end of the month. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1057351, 1057352.