Storm History: Beadle County, South Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Beadle County, South 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
- 1,044
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $113 million
- Episodes
- 767
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 302 | 0 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| Tornado | 186 | 0 | 3 | $19 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 111 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Flood | 66 | 0 | 0 | $49 million |
| High Wind | 57 | 0 | 0 | $229,000 |
| Winter Weather | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 47 | 0 | 2 | $221,000 |
| Drought | 45 | 0 | 0 | $39 million |
| Flash Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $257,000 |
| Winter Storm | 40 | 1 | 1 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 21 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Drought, September 20, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Flood, April 1, 2011
- Drought, June 8, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Tornado, June 24, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 1998
- Hail, August 28, 2002
- Ice Storm, November 27, 2005
- Flood, May 5, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Tornado, June 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2004
- Flood, May 1, 2023
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 7, 1965
- Tornado, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, May 20, 1965
- Tornado, June 20, 1968
- Tornado, June 15, 1970
- Tornado, July 3, 1971
- Tornado, July 1, 1973
- Tornado, June 16, 1992
- Tornado, June 24, 2003
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Tornado, April 18, 1957
- Tornado, July 3, 1959
- Tornado, July 7, 1962
- Tornado, June 18, 1964
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2026
- Hail, June 4, 2026
- Hail, June 3, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 31, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, February 17, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, January 16, 2026
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Flood, August 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2025
- Hail, August 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Hail, July 23, 2025
- Hail, July 9, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- High Wind, May 19, 2025
- High Wind, May 15, 2025
- Hail, April 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- High Wind, February 28, 2025
- High Wind, February 24, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- High Wind, December 9, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 29, 2024
- Strong Wind, September 12, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 13, 2024
- High Wind, June 6, 2024
- Hail, June 2, 2024
- Hail, April 16, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- High Wind, March 6, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Strong Wind, December 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2023
- Heat, September 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Tornado, August 10, 2023
- Flood, August 6, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2023
- Flood, July 4, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 20, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2023
- Flood, June 1, 2023
- Flood, May 1, 2023
- High Wind, April 30, 2023
- Flood, April 12, 2023
- Ice Storm, April 4, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 31, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2023
- Blizzard, February 21, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 9, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2022
- Flood, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2022
- Hail, July 3, 2022
- Flood, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2022
- Tornado, June 20, 2022
- Flood, June 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 29, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Flood, May 9, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Wildfire, April 23, 2022
- Tornado, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 13, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- High Wind, March 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2021
- Drought, June 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2021
- Blizzard, January 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 22, 2020
- Hail, August 30, 2020
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Flood, August 1, 2020
- Hail, July 8, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- Flood, July 1, 2020
- Hail, June 17, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Flood, June 1, 2020
- Flood, May 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2020
- Flood, April 1, 2020
- Flood, March 5, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Flood, February 1, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Flood, January 1, 2020
- Blizzard, December 28, 2019
- Flood, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 5, 2019
- Flood, November 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 10, 2019
- Flood, October 1, 2019
- Flood, September 11, 2019
- Flood, September 1, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Flood, August 2, 2019
- Flood, August 1, 2019
- Tornado, July 28, 2019
- Hail, July 20, 2019
- Hail, July 13, 2019
- Hail, July 13, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2019
- Flood, July 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 17, 2019
- Blizzard, March 14, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2018
- Hail, August 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2018
- Heat, July 11, 2018
- Heat, July 8, 2018
- Heat, July 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2018
- High Wind, June 6, 2018
- Tornado, May 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 18, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 2017
- Hail, July 21, 2017
- Hail, July 19, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Hail, June 11, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Beadle CountyEvery warning in Beadle County since 1986Every county in South 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.