Storms in South Dakota in 2026

Events

993

Deaths

2

Injuries

0

Damage

$2.5 million

Episodes

82

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.

January 2026

• High Wind and Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 15 to 16, 20262 deaths · 62 kt wind · 22 events
• High Wind and Strong Wind in South Dakota, January 16, 202662 kt wind · 24 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, January 18, 202650 kt wind · 4 events
• Blizzard and Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 18, 20263 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, January 21, 202663 kt wind · 23 events
• High Wind and Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 21, 202666 kt wind · 17 events
• High Wind and Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 21, 202663 kt wind · 31 events
• Extreme Cold in South Dakota, January 22 to 23, 202625 events
• Extreme Cold in South Dakota, January 25 to 26, 20264 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, January 26, 202658 kt wind · 1 event

February 2026

• High Wind in South Dakota, February 5, 202652 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind and Winter Weather in South Dakota, February 17 to 18, 202657 kt wind · 24 events
• Blizzard and High Wind in South Dakota, February 17 to 18, 202663 kt wind · 25 events
• Drought in South Dakota, February 24 to 28, 20264 events
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, February 28, 20262 events
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 28, 20267 events

March 2026

• Drought in South Dakota, March 1 to 31, 20264 events
• Drought in South Dakota, March 3 to 31, 20263 events
• Drought in South Dakota, March 10 to 31, 20264 events
• Wildfire and High Wind in South Dakota, March 12 to 13, 202670 kt wind · 27 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, March 12 to 13, 202666 kt wind · 24 events
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 14 to 15, 20262 events
• Blizzard and High Wind in South Dakota, March 15, 202651 kt wind · 28 events
• Drought in South Dakota, March 17 to 31, 20264 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, March 21, 202654 kt wind · 1 event
• Drought in South Dakota, March 24 to 31, 20261 event
• Drought in South Dakota, March 24 to 31, 20262 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, March 28, 202650 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, March 28, 202661 kt wind · 4 events
• Drought in South Dakota, March 31, 20268 events

April 2026

• Drought in South Dakota, April 1 to 30, 202624 events
• Drought in South Dakota, April 1 to 30, 20262 events
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 3 to 4, 20269 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, April 8, 202657 kt wind · 10 events
• Hail in South Dakota, April 13, 20261.5 in hail · 18 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 22 to 23, 202662 kt wind · 15 events
• Wildfire in South Dakota, April 22, 20261 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 22, 202666 kt wind · 15 events

May 2026

• Drought in South Dakota, May 1 to 31, 20262 events
• Drought in South Dakota, May 1 to 31, 202622 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 3, 202655 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in South Dakota, May 14, 202655 kt wind · 4 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, May 14, 202652 kt wind · 4 events
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 17, 20261.75 in hail · 48 events
• Hail in South Dakota, May 18, 20260.88 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, May 24, 20262 in hail · 22 events
• Tornado in South Dakota, May 27, 20261 event
• Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 20261.5 in hail · 2 events
• Flash Flood in South Dakota, May 31, 20261 event
• Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, May 31, 20261 in hail · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Dakota, May 31, 2026EF1 · 24 events

June 2026

• Drought in South Dakota, June 1 to 30, 20262 events
• Drought in South Dakota, June 1 to 30, 202624 events
• Flash Flooding and Flood in South Dakota, June 2 to 3, 2026$2.5 million · 1.75 in hail · 21 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 2, 20261.75 in hail · 4 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 3, 20261 in hail · 2 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, June 3 to 4, 20261.75 in hail · 16 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 3, 20261.5 in hail · 10 events
• Flooding in South Dakota, June 4 to 7, 20262 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 4, 20262.75 in hail · 11 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 4, 20261.75 in hail · 15 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 4, 20261 in hail · 8 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 6, 202654 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 7, 20263.25 in hail · 18 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 7 to 8, 202656 kt wind · 9 events
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 9 to 10, 20261 in hail · 51 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 9, 202657 kt wind · 5 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 9, 20261 in hail · 25 events
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in South Dakota, June 15, 202660 kt wind · 20 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 15, 202655 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in South Dakota, June 17, 202656 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 17, 202654 kt wind · 5 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 18, 202658 kt wind · 6 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 22, 20261.75 in hail · 16 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 26, 20261 in hail · 13 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27, 20262 in hail · 25 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27 to 28, 202665 kt wind · 5 events
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27 to 28, 202678 kt wind · 18 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 28 to 29, 20262.5 in hail · 20 events
• Tornado and Flood in South Dakota, June 29, 20261.75 in hail · 50 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in South Dakota, June 29, 202619 events
• Hail in South Dakota, June 29, 20261 in hail · 2 events

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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.