Storm History: Benson County, North Dakota

Events

853

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$101 million

Episodes

536

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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None recorded.

• Flood, September 1, 1999$25 million · 1 event here
• Flood, August 1, 2001$20 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 20, 2019$10 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Flood, April 21, 1997$10 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 2005$7.0 million · F1 · 20 events here
• Ice Storm, April 4, 1997$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 5, 1997$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, July 23, 1997$4.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 2008$3.1 million · EF0 · 8 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2009$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, July 1, 2009$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 2008$1.1 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 11, 2000$1.0 million · 96 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2020$600,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 8, 2001$352,000 · F2 · 9 events here
• Flood, July 1, 2011$275,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, August 1, 2011$275,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 20, 1974$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 30, 1984$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2000$250,000 · 1 event here

• Flash Flood, May 27, 20063 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 31, 20023 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20162.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, September 9, 20052.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 14, 19922.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 21, 19912.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 25, 19912.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 6, 19882.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 19862.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 6, 19772.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 29, 19672.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20162.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 16, 19822.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 12, 19782.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20242 in hail · 5 events here

• Tornado, June 6, 1999F4 · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 1958$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 20, 1974$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 30, 1981F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 26, 1986F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 1987$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 7, 2008EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 21, 1973F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 11, 1976F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 8, 2001$352,000 · F2 · 9 events here
• Tornado, June 29, 2005F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 26, 2010EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 2016EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 9, 2017$210,000 · EF2 · 10 events here

Every tornado in Benson County, with its track

• Hail, June 29, 20261 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 202668 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 202651 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 19, 20261 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 10, 20261 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 202652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20264 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20262 events here
• Hail, September 12, 20251.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20251.5 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 28, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 202558 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 20, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 5, 202465 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 16, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20242 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 14, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 5, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 18, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, January 13, 20241 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 25, 20232 events here
• Hail, October 3, 20231.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, November 9, 20222 events here
• High Wind, November 6, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20221.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 22, 2022EF1 · 8 events here
• Hail, July 14, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 10, 20221.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 23, 2022EF1 · 5 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20221.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20221 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, May 13, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 17, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 18, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 13, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20212 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20211 event here
• High Wind, November 17, 202159 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 22, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 20, 2021EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 9, 2021EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20211 in hail · 4 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 28, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202164 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 20, 202155 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 9, 2020EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2020$22,000 · EF1 · 9 events here
• Hail, July 7, 20201.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2020$600,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 202061 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 23, 2020EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 24, 20200.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20201 event here
• High Wind, January 5, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, October 11, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, October 10, 20191 event here
• Tornado, September 20, 2019$10 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 19, 20191.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 8, 2019EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 29, 20191.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 23, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20181 event here
• Hail, September 6, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 4, 2018$52,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 2018EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 2018EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 30, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 20171 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201756 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 19, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20171.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 9, 2017$210,000 · EF2 · 10 events here
• Hail, June 2, 2017$240,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• High Wind, March 7, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 12, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 2, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 7, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 6, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 5, 20161 event here
• Hail, October 3, 20160.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 2016$11,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 2016EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 20, 20161 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 19, 2016EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20162.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20162 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20161.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20162.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 12, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 3, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 201687 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201558 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 20151 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 2015EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 12, 2015EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 11, 2015EF0 · 5 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20152 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2015EF0 · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 18, 20151 event here
• High Wind, May 17, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 21, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20151 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20141.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 28, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 26, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 3, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 30, 20130.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20132 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 201355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, March 17, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 17, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 3, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, January 19, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, November 10, 20121 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 7, 201162 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 1, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 1, 2011$275,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 201191 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 2011$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 17, 2011$150,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 16, 2011$11,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Flood, July 1, 2011$275,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20111.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2011$225,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, April 15, 20111 event here
• Flood, April 10, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20111 event here
• High Wind, February 13, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 19, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 15, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 24, 20101 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201058 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, October 26, 20101 event here
• Hail, August 30, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 1, 20101 event here
• Tornado, July 26, 2010EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 20101.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, July 1, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 2010$11,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 8, 20101.25 in hail · 8 events here
• Flood, June 1, 20101 event here
• High Wind, May 25, 20101 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 4, 20100.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, February 13, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20101 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 24, 20091 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 23, 20091 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 20091 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 20091 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20092 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, August 1, 20091 event here
• Flood, July 1, 2009$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2009EF1 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2009$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 2009$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 6, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 22, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here

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

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.