Freezing Fog in North Dakota
Every freezing fog event the National Weather Service has filed in North Dakota, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Fog that froze on contact with roads, vehicles or structures.
The most significant on the map
The most significant freezing fog 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
- 6
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $385,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Freezing Fog in North Dakota, November 1, 1996A 41 yr. old man drowned when his pickup was blown into a slough. The man was driving along highway 200 near Hurdsfield when he came to a low spot on the highway with bodies of water on either side of the highway.
- Freezing Fog in North Dakota, February 1 to 3, 2021Multiple days of dense fog combined with below freezing temperatures led to rime ice forming on power lines over portions of south central North Dakota into the southern James River Valley.
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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.