Storm History: Hettinger County, North Dakota
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 170 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Tornado | 88 | 1 | 4 | $5.7 million |
| High Wind | 76 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Blizzard | 49 | 1 | 1 | $5.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $70,000 |
| Winter Storm | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 5 | 2 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 2 | $300,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 29, 1975
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2010
- Blizzard, January 24, 2010
- Tornado, July 12, 2019
- Blizzard, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard, April 4, 1997
- Flood, March 21, 1997
- Tornado, June 21, 2016
- Blizzard, October 4, 2013
- Tornado, August 12, 2010
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Wildfire, March 19, 2012
- Tornado, August 22, 1975
- Blizzard, January 4, 1997
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Hail, June 13, 1994
- High Wind, September 27, 2009
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
- Hail, July 2, 2018
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2010
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, July 10, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Hail, July 26, 2008
- Hail, August 8, 1962
- Tornado, June 7, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Hail, August 1, 1979
- Hail, July 9, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2024
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 7, 2026
- Hail, June 2, 2026
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 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, September 1, 2025
- Hail, August 7, 2025
- Hail, July 25, 2025
- Hail, July 20, 2025
- Hail, July 9, 2025
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
- Tornado, June 19, 2025
- High Wind, June 16, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- High Wind, March 10, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 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
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2024
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Tornado, June 27, 2024
- Hail, June 15, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Hail, May 17, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Tornado, August 1, 2023
- Dense Smoke, May 17, 2023
- Flood, April 11, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2023
- Blizzard, December 25, 2022
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Blizzard, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- High Wind, October 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2022
- Hail, June 19, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- High Wind, May 12, 2022
- Flood, May 1, 2022
- Blizzard, April 23, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Blizzard, February 20, 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
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Hail, September 13, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 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
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, October 31, 2020
- High Wind, October 14, 2020
- High Wind, October 12, 2020
- High Wind, September 2, 2020
- Hail, August 27, 2020
- Hail, August 13, 2020
- Hail, August 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2020
- Hail, July 10, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2020
- Hail, July 2, 2020
- Hail, June 29, 2020
- Hail, June 14, 2020
- Tornado, June 7, 2020
- High Wind, May 9, 2020
- High Wind, April 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2020
- High Wind, March 1, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2019
- Blizzard, October 9, 2019
- Hail, August 10, 2019
- Hail, July 17, 2019
- Hail, July 16, 2019
- Tornado, July 12, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 14, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 26, 2018
- Hail, July 2, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, June 23, 2018
- Hail, June 16, 2018
- Tornado, June 14, 2018
- Hail, June 10, 2018
- Tornado, May 31, 2018
- Hail, May 28, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- High Wind, November 29, 2017
- Hail, August 26, 2017
- Hail, July 31, 2017
- Tornado, July 19, 2017
- Hail, July 5, 2017
- Blizzard, March 6, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2017
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 2016
- High Wind, October 31, 2016
- Hail, July 10, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Tornado, June 21, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 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 30, 2015
- High Wind, August 22, 2015
- High Wind, July 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Hail, June 21, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2014
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Hail, July 5, 2014
- High Wind, June 30, 2014
- Funnel Cloud, June 27, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Hail, June 4, 2014
- Hail, May 29, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- High Wind, January 20, 2014
- High Wind, January 15, 2014
- High Wind, January 13, 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
- Blizzard, October 4, 2013
- Hail, August 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Hail, June 21, 2013
- Blizzard, April 14, 2013
- Heavy Snow, April 8, 2013
- Blizzard, March 3, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Hail, July 24, 2012
- Hail, July 11, 2012
- Wildfire, March 19, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2012
- High Wind, September 19, 2011
- Hail, August 31, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2011
- Hail, July 24, 2011
- Tornado, July 22, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2011
- Tornado, July 10, 2011
- Tornado, June 12, 2011
- High Wind, May 31, 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 8, 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
- Hail, October 8, 2010
- Tornado, August 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2010
- Hail, June 21, 2010
- High Wind, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, May 24, 2010
- High Wind, May 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, May 6, 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, June 26, 2009
- Hail, June 24, 2009
- Tornado, June 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2009
- Winter Weather, June 6, 2009
- High Wind, May 13, 2009
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Blizzard, March 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 22, 2009
- Flood, March 6, 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
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.