North Dakota

Storm History: Rolette County, North Dakota

302 episodes, 347 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rolette 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
347
Deaths
3
Injuries
6
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
302

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
Hail7703$1.0 million
Blizzard5510$6.2 million
Tornado4703$3.4 million
High Wind3300$52,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3200
Winter Storm2600
Heavy Snow2100
Flash Flood1500$263,000
Drought1000
Cold/Wind Chill900
Thunderstorm Wind810$5,000
Flood410$470,000
Winter Weather200
Funnel Cloud200
Lightning100$10,000
Excessive Heat100
Wildfire100
Ice Storm100$50,000
Dense Smoke100
Dust Storm100

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 Rolette County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Rolette CountyEvery warning in Rolette 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.