Heat in North Dakota
Every heat event the National Weather Service has filed in North Dakota, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
The most significant on the map
The most significant 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
- 27
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Heat in North Dakota, August 4 to 5, 2001With temperatures in the 90s and dew points near 80, heat indices topped out from 115 to 125. 125 sows died at a hog farm near Larimore.
- Heat in North Dakota, August 5, 2001
- Heat in North Dakota, August 4 to 5, 2001Heat indices topped out from 115 to 125, with temperatures in the 90s and dew points around 80. The temperature in Lisbon reached 102 degrees on the afternoon of the 4th. Several power outages occurred in Fargo due to overloaded circuits.
- Heat in North Dakota, August 3, 2001
- Heat in North Dakota, August 4, 2001
- Heat in North Dakota, August 7, 2001A large dome of high pressure covered much of North Dakota the first week of August. Temperatures soared well into the 90s toaround 105.
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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.