North Dakota

Storm History: Adams County, North Dakota

411 episodes, 510 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Adams County, North Dakota: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
510
Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
411

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail15203$9.0 million
High Wind8200
Tornado7000$2.4 million
Blizzard4800$6.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind3300$401,000
Flash Flood2300$790,000
Winter Storm2100
Heavy Snow2100$40,000
Drought2100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Cold/Wind Chill700
Funnel Cloud400
Wildfire400$4.0 million
Winter Weather400
Flood300$204,000
Lightning100
Excessive Heat100
Dense Smoke100

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Adams County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Adams CountyEvery warning in Adams County since 1986Every county in North Dakota

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.