South Dakota

Storm History: Charles Mix County, South Dakota

690 episodes, 958 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Charles Mix 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
958
Deaths
3
Injuries
10
Damage
$98 million
Episodes
690

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
Hail27300$6.9 million
Tornado16219$3.3 million
Flash Flood6620$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind6200$450,000
High Wind6000$194,000
Drought5600$45 million
Flood5100$40 million
Blizzard4900$151,000
Winter Storm4800$40,000
Winter Weather4600
Excessive Heat2300
Heavy Snow1900$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Cold/Wind Chill1100
Heat600
Ice Storm400$1.0 million
Wildfire301$3,000
Strong Wind300
Lightning100$1,000
Heavy Rain100

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 Charles Mix County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Charles Mix CountyEvery warning in Charles Mix 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.