Storm History: Buffalo County, South Dakota

Events

416

Deaths

1

Injuries

10

Damage

$26 million

Episodes

355

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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• Flash Flood, June 19, 20151 death · 2 in hail · 3 events here

• Tornado, June 16, 19928 injured · $25 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$985,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 2024$134,000 · 1 event here
• Wildfire, March 9, 2025$30,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 3, 1971$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 2010$25,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$17,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 20, 1982$250 · F1 · 1 event here

• Hail, June 21, 20074.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20253.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20082.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 19, 19972.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 26, 19912.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 19862.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20202.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20172.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 1, 20042.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20012.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20192 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 20151 death · 2 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20152 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, May 8, 19652 injured · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 3, 1971$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 19928 injured · $25 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 19, 1974F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 1986F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 30, 2020EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Buffalo County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 202660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, March 24, 20261 event here
• Wildfire, March 12, 202670 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20261 event here
• High Wind, January 21, 202666 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 15, 202662 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 17, 202572 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 9, 202567 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 25, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 4, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 16, 2025EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 28, 20253.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 26, 20251 event here
• Flood, July 23, 202570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 2025EF0 · 1 event here
• Wildfire, July 11, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 202561 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• High Wind, May 15, 202564 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 28, 202560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, March 9, 2025$30,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20251 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 19, 202459 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20241 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 29, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 202461 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 202495 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 27, 2024EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 2024$134,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 24, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 6, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20241 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, September 2, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20231.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Drought, June 13, 20231 event here
• High Wind, March 1, 202353 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 22, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 18, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, January 16, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 14, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20221 event here
• High Wind, October 24, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 202264 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, October 10, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20221 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 22, 2022EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 12, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20221 event here
• High Wind, March 30, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 25, 202254 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202257 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202156 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 9, 20211 event here
• High Wind, December 5, 202153 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202163 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 14, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 14, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 22, 202060 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 31, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 30, 2020EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 202067 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, July 4, 20201.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 25, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2020EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20202.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20191 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 21, 20191 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20192 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$985,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$17,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 22, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20191 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 201963 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 5, 201861 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 16, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, March 5, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 8, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20171 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 201770 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20172.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 6, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 201764 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 24, 20171 event here
• High Wind, December 25, 201663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 16, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 2, 20161.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 16, 2016EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 201673 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 26, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 201672 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 201661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 30, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201567 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 11, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 20152 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 1, 20151.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 20151 death · 2 in hail · 3 events here
• Blizzard, March 3, 20151 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 2014EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20141 in hail · 2 events here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 25, 201461 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 201460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20132 events here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 8, 20131 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 10, 20131 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20121 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 201267 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 4, 20121 in hail · 4 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, July 24, 20121 event here
• Hail, July 20, 20121.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 12, 20121.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20121.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 15, 201267 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 28, 20121 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 22, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 7, 201159 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 20, 201165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 20111 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20111.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 20, 20111 event here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 20111 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 201160 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20111 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20111 event here
• Flood, March 15, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, February 20, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, January 1, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, December 31, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 30, 20101 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201065 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 3, 20101 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 201070 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 2010$25,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20101.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 31, 20101.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 24, 20101.75 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, April 13, 201061 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20101 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, January 6, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20091 event here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, April 3, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, March 30, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20091 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, December 13, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, November 5, 20081 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 200863 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 14, 2008EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20082.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20081.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 25, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, April 10, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 20081 event here
• Tornado, August 8, 2007EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20074.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 20071 event here
• Flood, May 5, 20071 event here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 20071 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, April 3, 20071 event here
• Blizzard, March 2, 20071 event here
• High Wind, January 8, 200753 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 29, 20061 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20061 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20061 event here
• Heat, July 28, 20061 event here
• Heat, July 15, 20061 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20061 event here
• Hail, June 30, 20061.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Buffalo CountyEvery warning in Buffalo 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.