North Dakota

Storm History: Hettinger County, North Dakota

429 episodes, 535 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hettinger 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
535
Deaths
4
Injuries
7
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
429

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
Hail17000$1.1 million
Tornado8814$5.7 million
High Wind7600$400,000
Blizzard4911$5.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind2600$70,000
Winter Storm2100
Drought2100
Heavy Snow2000
Flash Flood2000$2.5 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Cold/Wind Chill900
Winter Weather600
Flood520$1.1 million
Wildfire302$300,000
Funnel Cloud300
Heavy Rain100
Excessive Heat100
Dense Smoke100

The deadliest

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 Hettinger County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hettinger CountyEvery warning in Hettinger 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.