Storm History: Burleigh County, North Dakota
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 309 | 0 | 0 | $274 million |
| Tornado | 233 | 1 | 32 | $12 million |
| Flash Flood | 71 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| High Wind | 58 | 0 | 11 | $190,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 50 | 0 | 1 | $5.5 million |
| Blizzard | 48 | 0 | 8 | $4.3 million |
| Winter Storm | 23 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Heavy Snow | 21 | 0 | 3 | $290,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | $21 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drought | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 1 | 12 | $60,000 |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 4 | $200,000 |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, June 9, 2001
- Hail, July 21, 2005
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Flood, June 2, 2011
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2024
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 1996
- Blizzard, April 4, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1999
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2010
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Blizzard, January 9, 1997
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Tornado, June 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2009
- Tornado, August 28, 2024
- Tornado, July 19, 2008
- Hail, June 21, 1994
- Tornado, May 24, 2010
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Hail, June 17, 2007
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, July 10, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2014
- Tornado, June 9, 2026
- Hail, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 7, 2021
- Hail, August 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2019
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Hail, September 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2013
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, July 1, 1952
- Tornado, July 4, 1978
- Tornado, July 16, 1957
- Tornado, August 19, 1974
- Tornado, May 25, 1978
- Tornado, July 30, 1981
- Tornado, July 21, 1987
- Tornado, July 8, 2009
- Tornado, June 17, 1956
- Tornado, June 11, 1976
- Tornado, May 30, 1985
- Tornado, July 1, 1997
- Tornado, November 1, 2000
- Tornado, June 12, 2011
- Tornado, July 10, 2011
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 9, 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
- Tornado, September 14, 2025
- Hail, August 7, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2025
- Hail, July 22, 2025
- Hail, July 14, 2025
- Hail, July 9, 2025
- Tornado, June 27, 2025
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
- High Wind, March 10, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2024
- Tornado, August 28, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2024
- Hail, August 6, 2024
- Hail, July 31, 2024
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Hail, July 27, 2024
- Hail, July 19, 2024
- Hail, June 15, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2023
- Hail, September 4, 2023
- Tornado, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 26, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2023
- Dense Smoke, May 17, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Blizzard, April 4, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Blizzard, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Hail, July 10, 2022
- Hail, July 9, 2022
- Tornado, June 24, 2022
- Hail, June 19, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- High Wind, May 12, 2022
- Hail, May 7, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 6, 2022
- Blizzard, February 20, 2022
- Blizzard, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Blizzard, December 26, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 16, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Tornado, June 10, 2021
- Tornado, June 7, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, February 22, 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, July 17, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Hail, July 2, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2020
- Hail, June 16, 2020
- High Wind, March 1, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2019
- Blizzard, October 9, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2019
- Hail, August 25, 2019
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Tornado, July 12, 2019
- Tornado, July 8, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 11, 2019
- Hail, June 7, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 26, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2018
- Hail, September 9, 2018
- Hail, July 24, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Hail, July 2, 2018
- Hail, June 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- High Wind, November 29, 2017
- Hail, July 31, 2017
- Tornado, July 21, 2017
- Hail, July 4, 2017
- Hail, June 27, 2017
- Blizzard, March 6, 2017
- High Wind, January 30, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2017
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Blizzard, December 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 2016
- Hail, September 7, 2016
- Hail, September 4, 2016
- Hail, August 31, 2016
- Hail, July 16, 2016
- Hail, July 10, 2016
- Hail, July 3, 2016
- Tornado, June 21, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2015
- Hail, July 23, 2015
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Hail, June 13, 2015
- Wildfire, April 12, 2015
- High Wind, January 8, 2015
- Hail, September 3, 2014
- Hail, August 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2014
- Funnel Cloud, August 9, 2014
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Hail, July 5, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- High Wind, January 15, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2013
- Tornado, August 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2013
- Hail, July 30, 2013
- Tornado, July 21, 2013
- Tornado, July 9, 2013
- Hail, July 8, 2013
- Hail, June 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2013
- High Wind, May 14, 2013
- Blizzard, April 14, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Hail, August 27, 2012
- Hail, August 24, 2012
- Hail, August 3, 2012
- Hail, July 11, 2012
- Hail, June 30, 2012
- Hail, June 15, 2012
- Hail, June 13, 2012
- Hail, May 21, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2012
- High Wind, October 7, 2011
- High Wind, September 19, 2011
- Hail, August 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2011
- Flood, August 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2011
- Hail, July 24, 2011
- Tornado, July 22, 2011
- Tornado, July 16, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2011
- Hail, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, July 10, 2011
- Flood, July 1, 2011
- Tornado, June 12, 2011
- Tornado, June 7, 2011
- Flood, June 2, 2011
- High Wind, May 31, 2011
- Hail, May 9, 2011
- Blizzard, April 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 14, 2011
- Blizzard, March 22, 2011
- Blizzard, March 11, 2011
- High Wind, February 13, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2011
- Blizzard, October 26, 2010
- High Wind, August 12, 2010
- Hail, August 11, 2010
- Tornado, August 2, 2010
- Lightning, July 27, 2010
- Hail, July 20, 2010
- Hail, July 10, 2010
- Hail, June 26, 2010
- Tornado, June 25, 2010
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Hail, June 21, 2010
- High Wind, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2010
- Tornado, May 24, 2010
- High Wind, May 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, May 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, April 2, 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
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 12, 2009
- Tornado, July 8, 2009
- Funnel Cloud, July 4, 2009
- Tornado, June 26, 2009
- Hail, June 22, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2009
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.