North Dakota

Storm History: Stutsman County, North Dakota

556 episodes, 797 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Stutsman 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
797
Deaths
2
Injuries
26
Damage
$56 million
Episodes
556

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
Hail25900$16 million
Tornado21419$28 million
Blizzard69012$5.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind5800$2.5 million
High Wind4100$23,000
Flash Flood3900$1.1 million
Heavy Snow3100$70,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2700
Winter Storm1800
Drought900
Cold/Wind Chill800
Winter Weather615$325,000
Flood500$1.4 million
Funnel Cloud300
Lightning200$3,000
Heavy Rain200$5,000
Wildfire200
Heat100
Excessive Heat100
Dense Smoke100
Ice Storm100$1.3 million

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 Stutsman County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Stutsman CountyEvery warning in Stutsman 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.