A small area of worsening drought conditions developed early in the month and persisted through the remainder of March 2025. Despite slightly above normal precipitation, much fell while the ground was still frozen.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
A small area of worsening drought conditions developed early in the month and persisted through the remainder of March 2025. Despite slightly above normal precipitation, much fell while the ground was still frozen.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to severe (D2) late month.
Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to severe (D2) late month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 2025
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1253896, 1253897.