North Dakota

Storm History: Golden Valley County, North Dakota

369 episodes, 432 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Golden Valley 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
432
Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Damage
$8.2 million
Episodes
369

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
Hail13203$3.3 million
High Wind6200$20,000
Tornado5100$1.0 million
Blizzard4600$3.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind3300$97,000
Winter Storm2300
Drought2300
Heavy Snow1500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Flash Flood900
Cold/Wind Chill800
Winter Weather400
Lightning300$9,000
Funnel Cloud300
Flood200$140,000
Wildfire200
Heavy Rain100
Excessive Heat100
Dense Smoke100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Golden Valley County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Golden Valley CountyEvery warning in Golden Valley 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.