Storm History: Oliver County, North Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oliver 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
- 376
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $6.8 million
- Episodes
- 318
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 | 81 | 0 | 0 | $918,000 |
| Tornado | 78 | 0 | 1 | $489,000 |
| Blizzard | 48 | 0 | 2 | $3.6 million |
| High Wind | 46 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Winter Storm | 26 | 0 | 0 | $950,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $49,000 |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $37,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $687,000 |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Blizzard, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard, April 4, 1997
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2010
- Flood, June 2, 2011
- Hail, September 3, 2014
- Blizzard, January 24, 2010
- Tornado, June 18, 1990
- Blizzard, January 4, 1997
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Hail, August 11, 1993
- Tornado, June 27, 2025
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Flood, March 6, 2009
- Tornado, July 6, 2014
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Hail, May 19, 1994
- Hail, July 23, 2015
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2021
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Tornado, July 12, 2024
- Hail, August 25, 2019
- Hail, June 9, 2017
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Hail, September 3, 2014
- Hail, July 10, 1996
- Hail, June 30, 1991
- Tornado, June 7, 2020
- Hail, July 24, 2011
- Tornado, June 2, 2024
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Hail, July 9, 2016
- Hail, August 15, 1999
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 7, 2026
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Tornado, June 27, 2025
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
- High Wind, March 10, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- Tornado, July 12, 2024
- Hail, July 1, 2024
- Tornado, June 2, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Hail, September 4, 2023
- Tornado, August 24, 2023
- Dense Smoke, May 17, 2023
- Blizzard, April 4, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 28, 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
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2022
- Hail, July 10, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- Tornado, June 24, 2022
- High Wind, May 12, 2022
- Blizzard, April 23, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- Blizzard, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Blizzard, December 26, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 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, September 2, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Tornado, June 28, 2020
- Hail, June 16, 2020
- Tornado, June 7, 2020
- High Wind, March 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2019
- Blizzard, October 9, 2019
- Hail, August 25, 2019
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Tornado, July 12, 2019
- Tornado, July 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 26, 2018
- Hail, September 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Tornado, July 21, 2017
- Hail, July 14, 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 9, 2016
- Tornado, June 21, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- Wildfire, October 11, 2015
- Hail, October 1, 2015
- High Wind, August 22, 2015
- High Wind, July 28, 2015
- Hail, July 23, 2015
- Tornado, June 24, 2015
- Hail, September 3, 2014
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Tornado, July 6, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- High Wind, January 15, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2013
- Tornado, August 30, 2013
- Tornado, July 9, 2013
- Blizzard, April 14, 2013
- Blizzard, March 3, 2013
- Blizzard, February 2, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2012
- High Wind, September 19, 2011
- Flood, August 1, 2011
- Hail, July 24, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2011
- Flood, July 1, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Tornado, June 12, 2011
- Flood, June 2, 2011
- High Wind, May 31, 2011
- Blizzard, April 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 14, 2011
- Blizzard, March 22, 2011
- Blizzard, March 11, 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
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2010
- Blizzard, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, August 1, 2010
- Hail, July 20, 2010
- High Wind, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, May 24, 2010
- High Wind, May 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, May 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, April 2, 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
- Hail, September 10, 2009
- Hail, June 22, 2009
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Blizzard, March 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 22, 2009
- Flood, March 6, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2009
- High Wind, January 31, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2009
- Blizzard, January 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 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, July 28, 2008
- Tornado, July 19, 2008
- High Wind, July 12, 2008
- High Wind, July 11, 2008
- Tornado, June 18, 2008
- High Wind, May 1, 2008
- High Wind, March 24, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 9, 2008
- High Wind, November 13, 2007
- Tornado, May 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2007
- Ice Storm, March 30, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2007
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2006
- Wildfire, July 12, 2006
- Hail, July 12, 2006
- Hail, May 27, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2006
- Hail, July 21, 2005
- Hail, July 21, 2005
- Hail, July 10, 2005
- Hail, June 19, 2005
- Hail, June 19, 2005
- Hail, June 19, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2005
- High Wind, March 9, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2005
- High Wind, December 20, 2004
- High Wind, December 11, 2004
- Tornado, August 23, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2004
- High Wind, May 15, 2004
- High Wind, March 13, 2004
- Blizzard, March 10, 2004
- High Wind, March 10, 2004
- Blizzard, February 10, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2002
- High Wind, November 29, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2002
- Hail, August 30, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2002
- Hail, August 30, 2002
- Hail, August 30, 2002
- Hail, August 30, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2002
- Hail, June 14, 2002
- Winter Storm, May 7, 2002
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2002
- High Wind, November 1, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2001
- Hail, June 9, 2001
- Hail, June 9, 2001
- Hail, June 9, 2001
- Blizzard, December 15, 2000
- Winter Storm, November 7, 2000
- Tornado, November 1, 2000
- Tornado, June 11, 2000
- Hail, June 11, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Oliver CountyEvery warning in Oliver 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.