Storm History: Clark County, South Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clark 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
- 678
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $21 million
- Episodes
- 500
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 | 216 | 0 | 0 | $559,000 |
| Tornado | 132 | 1 | 9 | $3.4 million |
| Blizzard | 61 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Flash Flood | 43 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 34 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Winter Storm | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 0 | 1 | $15,000 |
| Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 1 | 4 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 12, 1984
- Hail, June 12, 1994
- Flood, April 7, 2001
- Flood, April 9, 2023
- Flood, May 11, 1998
- Tornado, May 31, 1960
- Tornado, June 21, 1961
- Tornado, July 10, 1977
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2016
- Tornado, May 9, 1953
- Tornado, May 29, 1953
- Tornado, July 7, 1962
- Tornado, July 26, 1963
- Tornado, June 19, 1972
- Tornado, July 20, 1982
- Tornado, July 17, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 1994
- High Wind, February 10, 1996
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 23, 2002
- Hail, September 2, 1995
- Hail, July 17, 2010
- Tornado, August 5, 2025
- Hail, July 8, 2009
- Hail, May 30, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2024
- Hail, July 16, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2006
- Hail, July 3, 2003
- Hail, July 20, 2003
- Hail, July 30, 1999
- Hail, July 18, 1998
- Hail, June 12, 1994
- Hail, June 24, 1994
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 22, 2010
- Tornado, June 21, 1961
- Tornado, May 20, 1965
- Tornado, July 12, 1965
- Tornado, May 12, 1984
- Tornado, May 29, 1953
- Tornado, July 7, 1959
- Tornado, July 7, 1962
- Tornado, July 26, 1963
- Tornado, May 5, 1964
- Tornado, June 8, 1964
- Tornado, July 10, 1977
- Tornado, June 5, 1984
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Tornado, July 18, 1986
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2026
- High Wind, May 14, 2026
- Wildfire, March 12, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2026
- Blizzard, February 17, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Blizzard, January 18, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 28, 2025
- High Wind, September 4, 2025
- Tornado, August 16, 2025
- Tornado, August 5, 2025
- Flood, July 23, 2025
- Hail, July 9, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- Tornado, June 19, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2025
- Drought, March 25, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- Wildfire, October 26, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Hail, August 5, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Hail, July 6, 2024
- Flood, July 4, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Tornado, August 10, 2023
- Hail, July 25, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Tornado, June 7, 2023
- Flood, April 9, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 4, 2023
- Blizzard, March 31, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2023
- Blizzard, February 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2023
- Blizzard, February 14, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2023
- High Wind, January 27, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 14, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 12, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Heat, September 6, 2022
- Hail, August 5, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Hail, June 29, 2022
- Hail, June 24, 2022
- Hail, June 20, 2022
- Tornado, June 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2022
- Hail, May 29, 2022
- Tornado, May 12, 2022
- Hail, May 11, 2022
- Hail, May 9, 2022
- Tornado, April 22, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Wildfire, February 18, 2022
- High Wind, February 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- Blizzard, November 11, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Tornado, October 9, 2021
- Hail, August 26, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Heavy Rain, July 8, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Dense Fog, February 3, 2021
- Blizzard, January 14, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- High Wind, November 8, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 20, 2020
- Hail, July 8, 2020
- High Wind, June 14, 2020
- Winter Weather, April 9, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Blizzard, December 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2019
- High Wind, October 21, 2019
- Tornado, August 15, 2019
- Hail, July 16, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Blizzard, April 11, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 22, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Blizzard, January 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2019
- Blizzard, December 31, 2018
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Hail, June 5, 2018
- Drought, June 5, 2018
- Hail, May 7, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 8, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 2017
- Blizzard, December 4, 2017
- High Wind, November 29, 2017
- Tornado, September 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2017
- Hail, June 22, 2017
- Tornado, June 13, 2017
- Hail, June 11, 2017
- Hail, May 28, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2017
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2016
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2016
- Blizzard, November 18, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2016
- Tornado, July 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2016
- High Wind, February 7, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2015
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- High Wind, November 12, 2015
- High Wind, October 11, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2015
- Tornado, July 24, 2015
- Tornado, July 17, 2015
- Hail, June 9, 2015
- Hail, June 6, 2015
- Blizzard, March 3, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2014
- Hail, July 24, 2014
- Tornado, June 18, 2014
- Winter Weather, April 16, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- Blizzard, January 22, 2014
- Blizzard, January 18, 2014
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2013
- Hail, August 27, 2013
- Tornado, June 21, 2013
- Hail, May 18, 2013
- Ice Storm, April 14, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 8, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Blizzard, March 18, 2013
- Ice Storm, March 8, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 18, 2013
- Blizzard, February 10, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 9, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Tornado, August 3, 2012
- Hail, June 19, 2012
- Tornado, June 1, 2012
- Hail, May 5, 2012
- Hail, May 2, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Hail, July 1, 2011
- Hail, June 25, 2011
- Hail, June 13, 2011
- Hail, May 30, 2011
- Hail, May 21, 2011
- Flood, April 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 2011
- Flood, March 15, 2011
- Blizzard, March 11, 2011
- Blizzard, February 20, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, January 1, 2011
- Blizzard, December 31, 2010
- Blizzard, December 30, 2010
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2010
- Tornado, September 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2010
- Tornado, July 23, 2010
- Hail, July 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2010
- Tornado, May 22, 2010
- Flood, March 15, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2010
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Clark CountyEvery warning in Clark 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.