Storm History: Grand Forks County, North Dakota

Events

1,357

Deaths

4

Injuries

36

Damage

$3.2 billion

Episodes

680

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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• Tornado, June 12, 20002 deaths · $48 million · F1 · 28 events here
• Tornado, August 26, 20071 death · 18 injured · $52 million · EF4 · 10 events here
• Flood, April 1, 20061 death · $887,000 · 1 event here

• Flood, April 18, 1997$3.0 billion · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 26, 20071 death · 18 injured · $52 million · EF4 · 10 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 20002 deaths · $48 million · F1 · 28 events here
• Tornado, August 8, 200113 injured · $18 million · F2 · 12 events here
• Tornado, September 20, 2019$10 million · EF0 · 3 events here
• Hail, July 21, 1996$10 million · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 15, 20011 injured · $10 million · 2.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Ice Storm, April 4, 1997$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 5, 1997$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 7, 2001$3.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, March 27, 2004$1.2 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 15, 2023$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20061 death · $887,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2020$860,000 · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 13, 2017$800,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 2002$750,000 · 1.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 15, 2021$415,000 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 2020$350,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2020$300,000 · 63 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 1978$250,000 · F2 · 2 events here

• Hail, August 18, 19954.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 7, 19904.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 19824 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 22, 20073 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 31, 2002$2,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 2016$12,000 · 2.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Flash Flood, September 9, 20052.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 2, 1997$6,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, August 12, 19942.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 19852.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 12, 19842.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 20, 19832.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20172.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20162.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, August 29, 20132.5 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, June 20, 2025EF5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 26, 20071 death · 18 injured · $52 million · EF4 · 10 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 2004$10,000 · F4 · 11 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 14 events here
• Tornado, August 11, 19582 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 22, 1966F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 1973F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 2001$250,000 · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 27, 2016EF3 · 7 events here
• Tornado, July 9, 1952$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 1955$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 1955F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 10, 1959F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 1976F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 1978$250,000 · F2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Grand Forks County, with its track

• Hail, June 3, 20261 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 19, 20261 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 11, 20261 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 10, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 11, 202658 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 27, 202651 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20262 events here
• Blizzard, January 18, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, December 18, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 9, 20253 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 8, 2025EF1 · 16 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20251 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, July 14, 20252 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 7, 2025EF1 · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 202561 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2025EF5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 15, 202552 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 15, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 28, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 202558 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 18, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, December 4, 20243 events here
• High Wind, October 5, 202465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 2024$3,000 · 60 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flood, July 4, 2024$500 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 18, 20241 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, June 5, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 202466 kt wind · 5 events here
• Blizzard, February 26, 202452 kt wind · 3 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20242 events here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20232 events here
• Blizzard, December 8, 202353 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 25, 20232 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 12, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 202367 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 20, 20232 events here
• Flood, April 15, 2023$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 4, 20232 events here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20237 events here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 14, 202357 kt wind · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20232 events here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20222 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, November 9, 20225 events here
• High Wind, November 6, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 22, 2022EF1 · 11 events here
• Hail, July 18, 20221 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 10, 20221.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 4, 20221 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 2022EF1 · 4 events here
• Hail, June 20, 20221.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20221.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20221 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 29, 20221.5 in hail · 5 events here
• High Wind, May 13, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 7, 202262 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, April 22, 2022$50,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 17, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20221 event here
• High Wind, April 6, 202252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 20, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 10, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 20222 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 18, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 4, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, December 5, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20211 event here
• High Wind, November 12, 202152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 15, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 9, 2021$41,000 · EF2 · 15 events here
• Hail, July 19, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 15, 2021$415,000 · 3 events here
• Hail, July 3, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 202150 kt wind · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 28, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202164 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 20, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 202065 kt wind · 8 events here
• Hail, August 19, 20201 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 9, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 25, 20201.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 24, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 24, 20201 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, July 17, 2020EF1 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2020$300,000 · 63 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2020$860,000 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 2020$350,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 20, 20201.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20202 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 2020$32,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2020EF0 · 10 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20201 event here
• Flood, March 31, 2020$250,000 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20201 event here
• High Wind, January 5, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 30, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, October 11, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, October 10, 20191 event here
• Tornado, September 20, 2019$10 million · EF0 · 3 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 13, 20191 event here
• Tornado, July 8, 2019EF0 · 8 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20191.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, June 16, 20191 event here
• Hail, June 7, 20191.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 24, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 15, 20191.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, April 18, 2019$50,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 6, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 23, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, December 31, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20181 event here
• High Wind, October 19, 201852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 10, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20182 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 26, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 19, 20181.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2018$20,000 · 62 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 8, 201896 kt wind · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 4, 2018EF2 · 5 events here
• High Wind, June 29, 201863 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 2018EF1 · 16 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20181.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 2018EF1 · 6 events here
• Hail, June 5, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 25, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, January 10, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 20171 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 20, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20171 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201756 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2017$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20171.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 11, 2017$24,000 · EF2 · 11 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20172.5 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 13, 2017$800,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2017EF0 · 10 events here
• Hail, June 2, 20172 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, March 7, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 12, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 2, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 6, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 5, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, September 4, 20161.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 27, 2016EF3 · 7 events here
• Hail, August 22, 20161.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 3, 2016$5,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 19, 2016EF1 · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 201650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20162.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Tornado, July 7, 2016EF0 · 5 events here
• High Wind, June 17, 201651 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 2016$12,000 · 2.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 30, 20161 in hail · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 201687 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201558 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 20151 event here
• Tornado, July 12, 2015EF0 · 11 events here
• Tornado, July 11, 2015EF0 · 2 events here
• Flood, July 5, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 27, 2015EF2 · 17 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20151.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 18, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 21, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, January 3, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20151 event here
• Hail, September 20, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, July 21, 201463 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 2014$60,000 · EF1 · 20 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 201453 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 1, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, March 21, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, March 21, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 28, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, February 26, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, February 13, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20141 event here

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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.