Storm History: Bennett County, South Dakota

Events

605

Deaths

0

Injuries

4

Damage

$56 million

Episodes

428

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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None recorded.

• Blizzard, April 5, 1997$50 million · 1 event here
• Hail, August 18, 2011$935,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 19, 2010$760,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, May 21, 2019$750,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 6, 1994$550,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 5, 2008$500,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 23, 2009$500,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 20, 2019$500,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 2005$350,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 1963$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 29, 19821 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 1984$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 28, 20132 injured · $125,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 3, 2019$80,000 · EF0 · 7 events here
• Tornado, July 3, 2003$75,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 25, 2024$40,000 · 4.25 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, May 24, 2010$30,000 · 83 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 16, 1977$25,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 10, 2005$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 2009$25,000 · 1 event here

• Tornado, July 20, 20254.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 2024$40,000 · 4.25 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20003.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 20, 20053 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 17, 20033 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 19973 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 28, 19663 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 19643 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20242.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20212.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 3, 20202.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 20202.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 13, 2014$20,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 16, 20112.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 20112.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, June 9, 1957$30 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 1963$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 1969F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 2, 1974F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 1977F2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 29, 19821 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1999F2 · 6 events here
• Tornado, July 3, 2003$75,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF2 · 3 events here

Every tornado in Bennett County, with its track

• Hail, June 28, 20262.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 202657 kt wind · 3 events here
• High Wind, January 21, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 17, 202588 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 202562 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 13, 202566 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 20, 20254.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20251.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF2 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20251.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 27, 20252 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 29, 20251 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 6, 20252 events here
• Winter Weather, February 16, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 18, 202463 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202461 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 202464 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20242 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20241 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 1, 20242.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 25, 2024$40,000 · 4.25 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, June 1, 20242.5 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 6, 202469 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, February 15, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, August 12, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 1, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 24, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 3, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, March 30, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 3, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 12, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, December 8, 20221 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 16, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 4, 20221.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20221.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 28, 20221 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, April 23, 202266 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202271 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 4, 20221 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202169 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 9, 20211 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202171 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 202159 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20212.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20212 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 202161 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 14, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 27, 20211 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 13, 202181 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 22, 202069 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, October 24, 20201 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20201 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 20, 20201.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 2020EF1 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 202060 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20201 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20201.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 7, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 202080 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20202.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 3, 20202.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 11, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, March 13, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20201 event here
• High Wind, January 17, 202062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, November 29, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 10, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, October 9, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 10, 20191.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 11, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 201958 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 4, 20191.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 20191 event here
• Flood, July 16, 2019$15,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20192 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 3, 2019$80,000 · EF0 · 7 events here
• Tornado, June 29, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 21, 2019$750,000 · 2 events here
• Blizzard, April 9, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 20, 2019$500,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, March 8, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 6, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 5, 20191 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 201965 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 30, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20181 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20180.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20181.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 8, 20182 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 22, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 12, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 16, 20181 event here
• High Wind, March 5, 201862 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 18, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 20, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Hail, June 12, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2017EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 23, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, February 7, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 31, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 15, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, November 17, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 3, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 201658 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 4, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 10, 20161.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 26, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 201652 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 24, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 13, 20161 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 201661 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 201667 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 18, 201672 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 6, 201668 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, December 1, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, November 30, 20152 events here
• High Wind, November 18, 201570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 26, 201552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 201571 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2015$12,000 · 2.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20151.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 201552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, May 9, 20151 event here
• High Wind, March 28, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 2, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, November 14, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 201452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 20141 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 201470 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20142 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 13, 2014$20,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, May 8, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, March 30, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 26, 201464 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 20, 201459 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 15, 201466 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, October 3, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 1, 20131.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 1, 2013$15,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 2013$2,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 28, 20132 injured · $125,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 17, 2013$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 8, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 9, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, January 11, 20131 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 201271 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 11, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 201252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20121 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 26, 201270 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 26, 201155 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 7, 201153 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, October 6, 201175 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 18, 2011$935,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 10, 20111.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 10, 2011$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 7, 2011$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 7, 20112.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 201152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 201161 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 16, 20112.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 12, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 12, 20110.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 9, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 201171 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 22, 201161 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 25, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, February 19, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, December 30, 20101 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 2010$760,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 19, 20101.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 2010$2,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 26, 20101.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20101.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 24, 201062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 2010$30,000 · 83 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 4, 201066 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 2009$25,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, October 28, 20091 event here
• Hail, August 18, 20090.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 200961 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 200975 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 11, 20091 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 8, 2009$3,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20091.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 4, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, March 30, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, March 23, 2009$500,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 12, 200971 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 13, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, November 5, 2008$500,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 200866 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 12, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 18, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 18, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 5, 20081 event here
• Hail, June 3, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Bennett CountyEvery warning in Bennett County since 1986Every county in South Dakota

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.