North Dakota

Storm History: Sheridan County, North Dakota

295 episodes, 331 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sheridan 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
331
Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Damage
$7.0 million
Episodes
295

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
Hail5400$352,000
Blizzard5300$2.8 million
Tornado4902$2.1 million
High Wind4600$50,000
Winter Storm2800$700,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2700
Heavy Snow2000
Thunderstorm Wind1400$35,000
Drought1100
Cold/Wind Chill901
Flash Flood800$675,000
Funnel Cloud400
Flood100
Winter Weather100
Excessive Heat100
Wildfire100
Dense Fog100$250,000
Dense Smoke100
Ice Storm100
Dust Storm100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Sheridan County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Sheridan CountyEvery warning in Sheridan 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.