North Dakota

Storm History: Burleigh County, North Dakota

578 episodes, 899 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Burleigh 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
899
Deaths
4
Injuries
71
Damage
$330 million
Episodes
578

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
Hail30900$274 million
Tornado233132$12 million
Flash Flood7100$10 million
High Wind58011$190,000
Thunderstorm Wind5001$5.5 million
Blizzard4808$4.3 million
Winter Storm2300$2.0 million
Heavy Snow2103$290,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2000
Flood1300$21 million
Funnel Cloud1100
Cold/Wind Chill910
Drought900
Winter Weather8112$60,000
Wildfire604$200,000
Heat300
Lightning200$10,000
Ice Storm200$75,000
Heavy Rain110
Excessive Heat100
Dense Smoke100

The deadliest

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 Burleigh County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Burleigh CountyEvery warning in Burleigh 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.