North Dakota

Storm History: Kidder County, North Dakota

358 episodes, 461 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kidder 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
461
Deaths
0
Injuries
10
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
358

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
Hail12900$1.0 million
Tornado8301$4.2 million
Blizzard5609$5.0 million
High Wind4500$20,000
Heavy Snow2500
Winter Storm2400
Thunderstorm Wind2300$5.7 million
Flash Flood2300$155,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2300
Drought900
Cold/Wind Chill800
Flood300$1.3 million
Funnel Cloud300
Winter Weather300$20,000
Excessive Heat100
Wildfire100
Dense Smoke100
Ice Storm100$250,000

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Kidder County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kidder CountyEvery warning in Kidder 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.