Precipitation was only 25 to 50 percent of normal across most of southeast South Dakota, and a low as 10 to 25 percent of normal in south central South Dakota during March.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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.
Precipitation was only 25 to 50 percent of normal across most of southeast South Dakota, and a low as 10 to 25 percent of normal in south central South Dakota during March.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to severe (D2) early month.
Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to severe (D2) early month, and to extreme (D3) at the end of the month.
Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to severe (D2) early month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 2026
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: 1326736, 1326737, 1326738.