Storm History: Butte County, South Dakota

Events

966

Deaths

1

Injuries

14

Damage

$19 million

Episodes

613

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 17, 20141 death · 1 injured · $100,000 · 2 events here

• Blizzard, March 23, 2009$7.0 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 19983 injured · $3.0 million · 4 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, June 4, 2008$2.0 million · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 18, 2006$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 2011$1.0 million · 2.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 21, 2019$750,000 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 1994$400,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20101 injured · $378,000 · 2.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Blizzard, November 5, 2008$300,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 1963$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 23, 20017 injured · $213,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Blizzard, March 30, 2009$200,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2013$200,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 29, 2013$175,000 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2009$150,000 · 57 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 8, 2009$150,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 2, 2005$110,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20141 death · 1 injured · $100,000 · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 24, 1996$90,000 · 80 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 2015$83,000 · EF2 · 11 events here

• Hail, July 2, 19575 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 29, 20184.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, June 25, 20074 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 5, 19983 injured · $3.0 million · 4 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20263.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 5, 20183 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 1, 2011$60,000 · 3 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 10, 19583 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20212.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 18, 20172.75 in hail · 13 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20162.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 25, 2013$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 17, 20032.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20002.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 29, 19982.75 in hail · 3 events here

• Tornado, July 18, 1963$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 1965F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 20, 1955$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 5, 1982F2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 2, 1999F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 19, 2015$83,000 · EF2 · 11 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF2 · 11 events here

Every tornado in Butte County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 202658 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 7, 20263.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 202654 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20261.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 21, 202663 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 17, 202588 kt wind · 6 events here
• Hail, September 11, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 13, 202566 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 4, 20251.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 202581 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 5, 20251.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF2 · 11 events here
• Hail, June 25, 20251.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20251.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, March 18, 20251 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 24, 202557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 30, 20241 event here
• High Wind, December 18, 202463 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 8, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202461 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 5, 202461 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 17, 202455 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 202454 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2024$20,000 · 94 kt wind · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 202479 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 29, 20241.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 6, 20242 events here
• High Wind, May 6, 202469 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20241 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 30, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, February 15, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20231 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, October 25, 20231 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 202361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 4, 20231.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 11, 20231.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20231.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 27, 20231.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20232 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 202354 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 27, 20230.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 27, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 20231 in hail · 4 events here
• Blizzard, April 3, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, March 30, 20231 event here
• High Wind, March 11, 202354 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 5, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 12, 20221 event here
• High Wind, November 7, 202262 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 202270 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 202254 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 202259 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, July 19, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 202261 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 202252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 202252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 202273 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20222 in hail · 12 events here
• Hail, June 9, 202252 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 202265 kt wind · 3 events here
• Blizzard, April 23, 20221 event here
• High Wind, April 17, 202257 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 12, 20221 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202271 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 20, 20221 event here
• High Wind, February 8, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 31, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 14, 202262 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 16, 202156 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, November 13, 202176 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202171 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, October 12, 20211 event here
• High Wind, September 19, 202164 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 27, 20211.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 202173 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 202179 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20212.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 202153 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 202167 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20211.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20211 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 8, 20211 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 18, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 30, 202158 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 14, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 27, 20211 event here
• High Wind, February 23, 202159 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 22, 202167 kt wind · 1 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
• High Wind, December 20, 202069 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, October 24, 20201 event here
• High Wind, October 14, 202062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 27, 20201.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 11, 202052 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 202079 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 6, 20201.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 23, 2020EF0 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 202052 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 5, 20201 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 2, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20201.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 202082 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, May 16, 2020$5,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 28, 202068 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 11, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, March 13, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20201 event here
• High Wind, January 30, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 17, 202062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 29, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 10, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, October 9, 20191 event here
• Hail, September 29, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 29, 20191 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 19, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 2019$40,000 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20190.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 26, 201961 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, May 26, 20191.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 21, 2019$750,000 · 2 events here
• Blizzard, April 9, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, March 8, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 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, August 23, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 201857 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 201861 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20181 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20184.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 201863 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20183 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 1, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, May 29, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 17, 20181.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 16, 20181.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 12, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, April 2, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 25, 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, February 8, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 20171 event here
• High Wind, December 5, 201760 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 29, 201758 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 29, 201770 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201763 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 22, 201761 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20171 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 201756 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 18, 20172.75 in hail · 13 events here
• Winter Storm, April 25, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 201755 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 9, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 201759 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 6, 201753 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 2, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 2016$70,000 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 15, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, December 5, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, November 17, 20161 event here
• High Wind, October 31, 201655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 5, 20161.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 2, 2016$1,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, August 1, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 20161 injured · 74 kt wind · 6 events here
• Hail, July 9, 201670 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, July 9, 201652 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 6, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20161 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20162.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 201652 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
• High Wind, November 18, 201570 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 11, 201583 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, August 22, 201561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20152 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 27, 20151.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20151.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 201561 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 19, 2015$83,000 · EF2 · 11 events here
• Hail, June 1, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, May 9, 20151 event here
• High Wind, March 28, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 8, 201556 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 23, 201455 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 30, 201457 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 201452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20141 death · 1 injured · $100,000 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 201465 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20141.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20141 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2014$2,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 4, 2014$25,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, April 2, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, March 30, 20141 event here
• High Wind, February 20, 201456 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 26, 201464 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 24, 201456 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
• High Wind, January 13, 201459 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• High Wind, December 28, 201361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 2, 20131 event here
• High Wind, October 11, 201363 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, October 3, 20131 event here
• Hail, September 7, 20132 in hail · 2 events here

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Tornadoes in Butte CountyEvery warning in Butte 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.