South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 2024

1,936 events in 276 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 2024, 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 2024 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
1,936
Deaths
6
Injuries
4
Damage
$102 million
Episodes
276

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 Wind50100$123,000
Hail31702$139,000
High Wind22401$39,000
Winter Weather18501
Flood10510$101 million
Strong Wind10500
Excessive Heat10300$24,000
Drought9800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7810
Winter Storm5200
Heat4500
Flash Flood4000$406,000
Heavy Snow3010
Cold/Wind Chill2400
Blizzard1200
Tornado720$30,000
Funnel Cloud600
Wildfire300
Dense Fog110

Every episode, month by month

January 2024

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December 2024

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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.