North Dakota

Storms in North Dakota in 2023

781 events in 92 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2023, 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 2023 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
781
Deaths
4
Injuries
4
Damage
$30 million
Episodes
92

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
Heavy Snow14800
Hail13501$4.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind11901$457,000
Blizzard9411$200,000
Winter Weather4811$315,000
Flood4410$11 million
Dense Smoke3600
Drought3400
Ice Storm3400$5.8 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2700
High Wind2600
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Dense Fog710$2.4 million
Tornado700$5.4 million
Funnel Cloud600
Flash Flood300
Winter Storm100

Every episode, month by month

January 2023

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December 2023

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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.