Storm History: Bowman County, North Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bowman 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
- 524
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $8.7 million
- Episodes
- 408
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 167 | 0 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| High Wind | 78 | 0 | 0 | $120,000 |
| Tornado | 70 | 0 | 1 | $665,000 |
| Blizzard | 48 | 0 | 0 | $4.4 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 39 | 0 | 0 | $43,000 |
| Drought | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 21 | 0 | 7 | |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 18 | 0 | 0 | $252,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $587,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Blizzard, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard, January 24, 2010
- Blizzard, April 4, 1997
- Hail, September 7, 2009
- Flood, June 6, 2007
- Blizzard, April 19, 2006
- Hail, June 6, 2020
- Hail, July 20, 2017
- Hail, August 7, 2007
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Hail, July 23, 2010
- Tornado, June 14, 1977
- Blizzard, January 4, 1997
- Hail, July 20, 2025
- Tornado, June 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2010
- Blizzard, April 30, 2011
- High Wind, June 16, 2025
- Blizzard, October 4, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2008
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2010
- Hail, July 20, 1982
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Hail, September 7, 2009
- Hail, June 28, 2018
- Hail, July 26, 2008
- Hail, June 14, 2020
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
- Hail, June 20, 1983
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2005
- Hail, June 24, 1991
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 27, 2026
- Tornado, June 7, 2026
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- High Wind, October 20, 2025
- Tornado, September 12, 2025
- Hail, August 7, 2025
- Hail, July 20, 2025
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
- High Wind, June 16, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- High Wind, May 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- High Wind, March 10, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2024
- Tornado, June 27, 2024
- Hail, May 17, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Hail, August 30, 2023
- Hail, July 31, 2023
- Hail, July 11, 2023
- Dense Smoke, May 17, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Blizzard, December 25, 2022
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Blizzard, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- High Wind, October 12, 2022
- Hail, October 2, 2022
- Hail, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2022
- Hail, June 29, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- High Wind, May 12, 2022
- Blizzard, April 23, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Blizzard, February 20, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Blizzard, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, October 12, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 13, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, October 31, 2020
- High Wind, October 12, 2020
- High Wind, September 2, 2020
- Hail, August 13, 2020
- Hail, August 11, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2020
- Hail, July 3, 2020
- Hail, June 14, 2020
- Hail, June 6, 2020
- High Wind, May 9, 2020
- High Wind, April 28, 2020
- High Wind, March 3, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2019
- Blizzard, October 9, 2019
- Hail, August 3, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Hail, September 3, 2018
- Hail, August 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Hail, July 2, 2018
- Hail, June 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, June 23, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, May 29, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2018
- High Wind, November 29, 2017
- Hail, July 20, 2017
- Hail, July 10, 2017
- Hail, June 5, 2017
- Blizzard, March 6, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2017
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- High Wind, October 31, 2016
- Hail, July 31, 2016
- Hail, July 22, 2016
- Hail, July 14, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Hail, June 29, 2016
- High Wind, April 5, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- Wildfire, October 11, 2015
- High Wind, August 22, 2015
- High Wind, July 28, 2015
- Tornado, July 26, 2015
- Tornado, June 30, 2015
- Hail, June 21, 2015
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Heavy Snow, April 8, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2014
- Hail, August 17, 2014
- Hail, July 22, 2014
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- High Wind, June 30, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- High Wind, January 20, 2014
- High Wind, January 15, 2014
- High Wind, January 13, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Blizzard, January 3, 2014
- Blizzard, December 9, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2013
- Blizzard, October 4, 2013
- Hail, September 7, 2013
- Hail, September 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2013
- Tornado, June 3, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2013
- Blizzard, April 14, 2013
- Blizzard, March 3, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Hail, July 24, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2012
- Hail, June 15, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2012
- High Wind, September 19, 2011
- Hail, August 31, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2011
- Tornado, July 22, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2011
- High Wind, May 31, 2011
- Heavy Rain, May 20, 2011
- High Wind, May 16, 2011
- Blizzard, April 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 22, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2011
- Blizzard, March 11, 2011
- Blizzard, February 19, 2011
- High Wind, February 13, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2011
- Blizzard, October 26, 2010
- Hail, July 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2010
- Tornado, July 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2010
- Hail, June 21, 2010
- High Wind, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, June 7, 2010
- High Wind, May 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, May 6, 2010
- High Wind, May 4, 2010
- High Wind, April 8, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2010
- Blizzard, January 24, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2010
- Blizzard, December 23, 2009
- High Wind, September 27, 2009
- Hail, September 7, 2009
- Hail, August 7, 2009
- Tornado, July 8, 2009
- Hail, June 30, 2009
- High Wind, May 13, 2009
- Blizzard, March 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 22, 2009
- Flood, March 6, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2009
- Blizzard, January 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Blizzard, December 13, 2008
- Blizzard, November 5, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Heavy Snow, October 11, 2008
- High Wind, August 22, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2008
- Hail, July 26, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- High Wind, July 12, 2008
- High Wind, July 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2008
- High Wind, March 24, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2008
- High Wind, November 13, 2007
- Hail, August 12, 2007
- Hail, August 7, 2007
- Tornado, July 9, 2007
- Flood, June 6, 2007
- Hail, June 6, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2007
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2007
- Heavy Snow, March 29, 2007
- High Wind, September 17, 2006
- Hail, August 11, 2006
- Hail, July 26, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Bowman CountyEvery warning in Bowman 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.