Storm History: McHenry County, North Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McHenry 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
- 577
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 405
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 | 165 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Tornado | 152 | 0 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Blizzard | 56 | 0 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| High Wind | 39 | 0 | 0 | $62,000 |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $153,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | $390,000 |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, May 1, 2011
- Blizzard, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard, April 4, 1997
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Tornado, July 18, 1994
- Tornado, July 17, 2011
- Hail, July 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2021
- Hail, June 9, 2016
- Hail, July 22, 2022
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Hail, July 26, 2025
- Tornado, July 26, 2010
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Flood, April 11, 2023
- Tornado, August 26, 1994
- Tornado, June 22, 2007
- Blizzard, October 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2005
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 6, 2004
- Hail, July 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 9, 2026
- Hail, August 9, 2021
- Hail, July 12, 2015
- Tornado, July 12, 2024
- Hail, July 19, 2021
- Hail, June 9, 2017
- Hail, July 14, 1992
- Hail, July 4, 1991
- Hail, August 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2024
- Hail, April 27, 1975
- Hail, June 29, 2026
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 28, 2026
- Tornado, June 9, 2026
- Tornado, June 7, 2026
- Dust Storm, May 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Tornado, September 14, 2025
- Hail, September 11, 2025
- Hail, July 26, 2025
- Tornado, June 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2024
- Blizzard, November 19, 2024
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2024
- Hail, August 6, 2024
- Hail, July 30, 2024
- Hail, July 14, 2024
- Tornado, July 12, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2023
- Tornado, August 24, 2023
- Hail, August 10, 2023
- Hail, June 20, 2023
- Dense Smoke, May 17, 2023
- Flood, April 11, 2023
- Blizzard, April 4, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Blizzard, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- Hail, August 17, 2022
- Hail, July 22, 2022
- Hail, July 10, 2022
- High Wind, May 12, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- Blizzard, February 18, 2022
- Blizzard, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 13, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Blizzard, December 26, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Hail, August 9, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 19, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Drought, March 16, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2021
- High Wind, January 20, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, October 31, 2020
- Hail, August 9, 2020
- Hail, July 17, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Tornado, June 28, 2020
- High Wind, March 1, 2020
- Blizzard, October 9, 2019
- Heavy Snow, April 28, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Blizzard, December 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Hail, May 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2017
- Tornado, July 21, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2017
- Hail, July 14, 2017
- Hail, July 5, 2017
- Hail, June 9, 2017
- Blizzard, March 6, 2017
- High Wind, January 30, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2017
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Blizzard, December 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 2016
- Tornado, July 20, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2016
- Hail, June 18, 2016
- Hail, June 9, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2015
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- Wildfire, October 11, 2015
- High Wind, July 28, 2015
- Hail, July 15, 2015
- Hail, July 14, 2015
- Hail, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 2015
- Hail, August 17, 2014
- Tornado, June 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 28, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- High Wind, January 15, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Blizzard, January 3, 2014
- Blizzard, December 28, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Tornado, August 30, 2013
- Tornado, July 21, 2013
- Tornado, June 25, 2013
- Flood, June 1, 2013
- Flood, May 1, 2013
- Blizzard, April 14, 2013
- Flood, April 1, 2013
- Blizzard, March 3, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2013
- Blizzard, February 18, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2013
- High Wind, January 19, 2013
- Blizzard, January 11, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Hail, July 28, 2012
- Hail, July 12, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2012
- Hail, June 6, 2012
- Hail, May 17, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2012
- High Wind, September 19, 2011
- Tornado, July 17, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2011
- Tornado, July 8, 2011
- Flood, July 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2011
- Flood, June 1, 2011
- High Wind, May 31, 2011
- Blizzard, May 1, 2011
- Flood, May 1, 2011
- Blizzard, April 30, 2011
- Blizzard, March 22, 2011
- Blizzard, March 11, 2011
- Blizzard, February 17, 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, December 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2010
- Blizzard, October 26, 2010
- Hail, August 10, 2010
- Tornado, July 26, 2010
- Hail, July 20, 2010
- Hail, July 5, 2010
- Hail, July 1, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- High Wind, May 24, 2010
- Hail, April 13, 2010
- Winter Storm, April 2, 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
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 12, 2009
- Hail, August 14, 2009
- Hail, July 19, 2009
- Hail, June 27, 2009
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 22, 2009
- Flood, March 6, 2009
- High Wind, January 31, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2009
- Blizzard, January 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Blizzard, December 13, 2008
- Blizzard, November 5, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Hail, August 21, 2008
- Tornado, August 11, 2008
- High Wind, July 12, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Tornado, June 18, 2008
- Hail, June 14, 2008
- High Wind, March 24, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 9, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2008
- High Wind, November 13, 2007
- Hail, August 13, 2007
- High Wind, August 10, 2007
- Tornado, August 10, 2007
- Hail, July 2, 2007
- Hail, June 25, 2007
- Tornado, June 22, 2007
- Hail, June 11, 2007
- Blizzard, March 2, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 12, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, July 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2006
- Hail, July 12, 2006
- Hail, July 12, 2006
- Hail, July 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2006
- Blizzard, October 5, 2005
- High Wind, August 31, 2005
- Hail, August 2, 2005
- Hail, July 16, 2005
- Hail, July 10, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2005
- Hail, June 26, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in McHenry CountyEvery warning in McHenry 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.