North Dakota

Storm History: Richland County, North Dakota

639 episodes, 1,026 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Richland 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
1,026
Deaths
2
Injuries
34
Damage
$96 million
Episodes
639

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
Tornado309230$5.5 million
Hail24901$998,000
Blizzard9002$6.0 million
Flash Flood7700$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind5401$475,000
Winter Storm4900$2.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4600
Heavy Snow4200$20,000
Flood3700$80 million
High Wind2900$200,000
Cold/Wind Chill1500$50,000
Drought1000
Ice Storm600
Frost/Freeze400
Funnel Cloud300
Excessive Heat300
Heavy Rain200$15,000
Heat100

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 Richland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Richland CountyEvery warning in Richland 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.