High Wind in North Dakota

Events

2,624

Deaths

2

Injuries

32

Damage

$17 million

• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 1 to 25, 19971 death · 2 injured · $1.2 million · F2 · 74 eventslightning struck a barn causing it to catch fire. A nearby farm caught fire as well. Both barns were destroyed.
• High Wind in North Dakota, July 31, 20001 death · 11 injured · $3.0 million · 1 eventA three-story apartment building under construction in southwest Fargo collapsed after strong winds hit. No thunderstorms were in the area, but temperature and moisture boundaries were present. Twelve construction workers were inside the structure when it collapsed.
• Blizzard and High Wind in North Dakota, April 30, 20111 death · 1 injured · $3.4 million · 52 kt wind · 33 eventsA powerful late spring storm system swept across the Northern Plains region April 29th into May 1st. Significant amounts of moisture was drawn into the storm from the Gulf of Mexico, leading to heavy amounts of precipitation over west and central North Dakota.
• High Wind in North Dakota, November 5 to 6, 20221 death · 1 injured · $75,000 · 58 kt wind · 36 eventsA deep low pressure system moved from southern Saskatchewan through southern Manitoba producing a strong pressure gradient over western and central North Dakota. This led to high winds developing. The strongest reported wind gust was 67 mph near Denhoff in Sheridan County.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 1, 19971 death · 2 injured · $41,000 · 6 eventsLightning struck 3 workers in a sugarbeet field near Davenport.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 10 to 27, 19981 injured · $6.9 million · F0 · 27 eventsTornado remained in rural areas and caused no damage. Ground was white with pea size hail after storm lifted.
• High Wind in North Dakota, October 31, 1999$7.5 million · 64 kt wind · 23 eventsAn intense low pressure system over southern Saskatchewan Canada trailed a strong cold front intoeastern Montana. The strong cold front entered western North Dakota sunday evening moving intocentral North Dakota before midnight.
• High Wind in North Dakota, February 13, 20111 injured · $700,000 · 58 kt wind · 36 eventsAn area of deep low pressure moving across south central Canada, combined with high pressure building across Montana, resulted in high winds across western and central North Dakota on February 13.
• High Wind in North Dakota, January 13 to 14, 2021$945,000 · 81 kt wind · 36 eventsA strong cold front pushed through western and central North Dakota during the evening and nighttime hours of January 13 into the early morning of January 14. Damaging winds developed in the wake of the cold front as cold air pushed in.
• Wildfire and High Wind in North Dakota, October 11 to 12, 2015$750,000 · 65 kt wind · 37 eventsDeep low pressure moved across southern Canada sweeping a strong cold front through the region. Strong west to northwest winds developed in the afternoon of October 11 along and behind the front.
• High Wind in North Dakota, April 5, 200010 injured · 62 kt wind · 36 eventsA low pressure system over Alberta Canada moved southeast and intensified along the Canadian/North dakota border. A verytight pressure gradient resulted in very high winds causing injuries and property damages throughout western and centralNorth Dakota.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 8, 2018$1.1 million · 96 kt wind · 13 eventsJust after midnight, or during the early morning hours of July 8th, a stationary boundary was draped from the northern Red River Valley back to south of Bismarck. South of the boundary, temperatures were still in the lower 80s with dew points in the lower 70s.
• High Wind in North Dakota, May 24 to 25, 2010$485,000 · 55 kt wind · 30 eventsA deep low pressure system lifting north into south central Canada brought strong winds to much of the Northern Plains from Monday night of the 24th through Tuesday afternoon of the 25th.
• High Wind in North Dakota, July 28, 2015$368,000 · 66 kt wind · 30 eventsAn unseasonably deep low pressure system moved from southeast Saskatchewan across Manitoba as a cold front swept through the Northern Plains. The tight pressure gradient with combined with strong atmospheric mixing resulted in very gusty winds.
• High Wind in North Dakota, November 1, 1999$590,000 · 66 kt wind · 17 eventsA strong pressure gradient developed across the northern plains, between a low over southern Ontario and a high building in from Montana. The peak wind was reported at Devils Lake, where a gust of 76 mph was reported.
• Blizzard and High Wind in North Dakota, March 11 to 12, 20117 injured · $15,000 · 53 kt wind · 36 eventsA significant severe winter weather event occurred across much of west and all of central North Dakota March 11th through early March 12th.
• High Wind in North Dakota, June 13, 2017$800,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 eventsStrong winds developed in what is known as a Wake Low, over the central and northern Red River Valley into portions of northwest Minnesota during the late morning and early afternoon.
• High Wind in North Dakota, June 11, 2008$555,000 · 10 eventsHigh winds developed across portions of east central and southeast North Dakota Wednesday (11th) morning. The winds were thought to be the result of a wake low.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in North Dakota, September 9, 2010$160,000 · EF0 · 28 eventsA strong surface low pressure system lifting north through the Dakotas, combined with large scale ascent ahead of a long wave upper level trough, brought a prolonged period of severe weather to parts of west and central North Dakota Thursday, September 9th.
• High Wind in North Dakota, September 2, 2020$200,000 · 70 kt wind · 21 eventsStrong wind gusts developed as a cold front pushed through western and central North Dakota. The strongest winds occurred along and behind the front, especially in the vicinity of weak rain showers.
• High Wind in North Dakota, October 26, 2008$73,000 · 56 kt wind · 34 eventsStrong high pressure building into the Northern Plains and low pressure pushing east into the Great Lakes produced a tight pressure gradient over west and central North Dakota, resulting in sustained winds of 40 to 45 mph and wind gusts as high as 65 mph.
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in North Dakota, May 13 to 14, 2007$103,000 · 68 kt wind · 25 eventsOn Sunday evening of May 13th, a cluster of thunderstorms developed over the Big Horn Mountains of southeast Montana. The storms then developed into a bow echo complex of thunderstorms later that evening.
• High Wind in North Dakota, June 11, 2008$200,000 · 5 eventsAfternoon heating led to convective overturning and increased episodes of high winds mixing down to the ground. High sustained winds and frequent high wind gusts occurred across portions of west central Minnesota between about 2 pm and 5 pm CDT.
• High Wind in North Dakota, December 11 to 12, 20041 injured · $30,000 · 66 kt wind · 36 eventsA strong cold front brought high winds to western and central North Dakota causing one minor injury and minor damage across the region.
• High Wind in North Dakota, September 27, 2009$150,000 · 55 kt wind · 8 eventsStrong surface high pressure building into western North Dakota resulted in warning criteria wind speeds across the higher terrain of southwestern North Dakota during the late morning and afternoon hours of September 27th.

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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.