North Dakota

Storm History: Renville County, North Dakota

327 episodes, 384 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Renville 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
384
Deaths
3
Injuries
7
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
327

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
Hail9000$2.9 million
Tornado5413$2.5 million
Blizzard4823$5.4 million
High Wind3800$100,000
Winter Storm3100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3100
Heavy Snow2600
Drought1800
Thunderstorm Wind1401$505,000
Flash Flood1200$1.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill900
Flood400$5.1 million
Funnel Cloud200
Dust Storm200
Winter Weather100
Ice Storm100
Excessive Heat100
Wildfire100
Dense Smoke100

The deadliest

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 Renville County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Renville CountyEvery warning in Renville 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.