Storm History: Golden Valley County, North Dakota
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 132 | 0 | 3 | $3.3 million |
| High Wind | 62 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Tornado | 51 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Blizzard | 46 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 33 | 0 | 0 | $97,000 |
| Winter Storm | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $9,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | $140,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Blizzard, April 4, 1997
- Blizzard, January 9, 1997
- Tornado, August 22, 1993
- Hail, August 15, 1999
- Hail, May 29, 2024
- Hail, September 5, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 1996
- Blizzard, January 4, 1997
- Hail, July 10, 2022
- Flood, April 11, 2023
- Hail, June 14, 2006
- Blizzard, April 30, 2011
- Hail, August 10, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2025
- Hail, August 4, 2011
- Blizzard, October 4, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2010
- Tornado, June 10, 1952
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2001
- High Wind, February 13, 2011
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 episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 27, 2026
- Tornado, June 7, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- High Wind, October 20, 2025
- Hail, August 7, 2025
- Hail, July 20, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- High Wind, May 16, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Tornado, June 27, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Hail, May 29, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Hail, August 30, 2023
- Hail, July 29, 2023
- Hail, June 19, 2023
- Hail, May 25, 2023
- Dense Smoke, May 17, 2023
- Flood, April 11, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Blizzard, December 25, 2022
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Blizzard, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- Heavy Snow, October 24, 2022
- High Wind, October 12, 2022
- Hail, August 26, 2022
- Hail, July 10, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- High Wind, May 12, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Blizzard, April 23, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Blizzard, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, October 12, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Tornado, June 7, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- High Wind, February 22, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 22, 2020
- Hail, July 10, 2020
- Hail, June 14, 2020
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- High Wind, April 28, 2020
- Hail, September 17, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Hail, August 23, 2018
- Hail, July 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 12, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Hail, August 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2017
- Blizzard, March 6, 2017
- High Wind, January 30, 2017
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Blizzard, December 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Hail, June 13, 2016
- Hail, June 9, 2016
- High Wind, April 5, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- Wildfire, October 11, 2015
- Hail, September 5, 2015
- High Wind, August 22, 2015
- High Wind, July 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2015
- Tornado, June 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Hail, May 16, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2014
- Funnel Cloud, July 24, 2014
- High Wind, June 30, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- High Wind, January 20, 2014
- High Wind, January 15, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Blizzard, January 3, 2014
- Blizzard, December 9, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2013
- Hail, August 10, 2013
- Hail, July 11, 2013
- Hail, July 8, 2013
- Tornado, June 3, 2013
- Blizzard, April 14, 2013
- Heavy Snow, April 8, 2013
- Blizzard, March 3, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 23, 2012
- High Wind, March 13, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2012
- High Wind, September 19, 2011
- Hail, August 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2011
- Tornado, July 22, 2011
- Hail, July 19, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2011
- High Wind, May 31, 2011
- Heavy Rain, May 20, 2011
- High Wind, May 16, 2011
- Blizzard, April 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2011
- Blizzard, March 22, 2011
- Blizzard, March 11, 2011
- Blizzard, February 19, 2011
- High Wind, February 13, 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
- Tornado, September 9, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2010
- Hail, June 26, 2010
- High Wind, June 18, 2010
- High Wind, May 24, 2010
- High Wind, May 4, 2010
- High Wind, April 8, 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
- High Wind, September 27, 2009
- Tornado, July 8, 2009
- Hail, June 30, 2009
- Winter Weather, June 6, 2009
- Blizzard, March 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 22, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2009
- Blizzard, January 13, 2009
- Blizzard, January 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Blizzard, December 13, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Heavy Snow, October 11, 2008
- Hail, August 10, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- High Wind, July 12, 2008
- High Wind, July 11, 2008
- High Wind, March 24, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2008
- High Wind, November 13, 2007
- Tornado, July 9, 2007
- Hail, July 2, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2007
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2007
- High Wind, January 8, 2007
- High Wind, September 17, 2006
- Lightning, August 17, 2006
- Hail, August 17, 2006
- Hail, August 17, 2006
- Hail, July 20, 2006
- Hail, July 20, 2006
- Wildfire, July 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2006
- Hail, July 12, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Hail, June 14, 2006
- Lightning, June 14, 2006
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2006
- High Wind, April 18, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2006
- Blizzard, October 4, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2005
- Hail, August 23, 2005
- Hail, July 16, 2005
- Hail, July 16, 2005
- Hail, July 16, 2005
- Hail, June 28, 2005
- Hail, June 26, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Winter Storm, May 11, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2005
- High Wind, December 20, 2004
- High Wind, December 11, 2004
- Hail, July 14, 2004
- Hail, July 14, 2004
- Hail, July 14, 2004
- Hail, July 14, 2004
- Hail, July 14, 2004
- Hail, July 11, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2004
- High Wind, May 31, 2004
- High Wind, March 13, 2004
- High Wind, March 10, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2004
- Blizzard, February 10, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2004
- Blizzard, December 27, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2003
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.