Excessive Heat in North Dakota
Every excessive heat event the National Weather Service has filed in North Dakota, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
The most significant on the map
The most significant excessive heat episodes in North Dakota.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 65
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $700,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Excessive Heat in North Dakota, July 16 to 19, 2011Upper level high pressure centered over the Central Plains, coupled with persistent low pressure over the Rockies, brought a prolonged period of above seasonal temperatures and high humidity to west and central North Dakota.
- Excessive Heat in North Dakota, July 16 to 20, 2011A very unusual period of hot and humid weather settled over the northern plains. An upper level ridge set up across the nation's midsection, with thunderstorms firing almost continuously around the fringes of the ridge.
- Excessive Heat in North Dakota, July 24, 2020Afternoon high temperatures over eastern North Dakota and the northwest quarter of Minnesota peaked in the upper 80s to mid 90s on July 24th.
- Excessive Heat in North Dakota, July 20, 2016Afternoon temperatures in the low 90s combined with dew points in the mid 70s to produce heat indices just above 105.
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Excessive Heat everywhereEvery kind of event 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.