Storm History: Codington County, South Dakota

Events

782

Deaths

8

Injuries

19

Damage

$18 million

Episodes

562

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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• Ice Storm, January 10, 19963 deaths · 1 injured · $100,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 26, 20222 deaths · 2 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, October 29, 20131 death · 4 injured · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 20141 death · 2 injured · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20191 death · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$6.9 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 1983$2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 1984$2.5 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Flood, April 7, 2001$785,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2013$574,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$472,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 9, 2023$300,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2016$295,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 6, 1962$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 10, 19963 deaths · 1 injured · $100,000 · 1 event here
• Lightning, May 19, 2025$100,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 1996$50,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 14, 1965$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 25, 19691 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 1, 19731 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 8, 1997$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 22, 2009$25,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 24, 1996$20,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 12, 2022$20,000 · 2 events here

• Hail, September 2, 1995$10,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 17, 20104.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 1, 19694 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20213.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, July 11, 20173 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20093 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 19633 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 22, 19603 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20242.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 20062.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 3, 20032.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 19992.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 21, 19892.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 12, 19882.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 8, 1965F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 25, 19691 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 3, 1971F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 1, 19731 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 1983$2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 1984$2.5 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 2022EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 20, 19514 injured · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 1956F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 7, 1959F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 1961F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 6, 1962$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 1969F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 1970F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Codington County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 202660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 9, 20261 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 3, 20261.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 14, 202652 kt wind · 1 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 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
• Heavy Snow, November 28, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, November 25, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 14, 2025EF1 · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 4, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 2, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 21, 20255 events here
• Tornado, August 16, 2025EF0 · 1 event here
• Flood, August 6, 20255 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 8 events here
• Tornado, July 27, 2025EF2 · 9 events here
• Flood, July 23, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 202570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF3 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 25, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Lightning, May 19, 2025$100,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 15, 202564 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20251 event here
• Ice Storm, March 29, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 20251 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, December 19, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, December 9, 20241 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 22, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20241 event here
• Hail, August 5, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20241.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, July 4, 2024$7,000 · 3 events here
• Flood, June 22, 20241 event here
• Hail, June 18, 20241.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 12, 20241.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flood, June 3, 20242 events here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20242.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 21, 202453 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 24, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20231 event here
• Dense Smoke, August 29, 20232 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, July 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20231.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, July 3, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20231 event here
• Flood, April 9, 2023$300,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 9, 20239 events here
• Winter Weather, April 4, 20231 event here
• Ice Storm, March 31, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20232 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 12, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 1, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 22, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, February 20, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 14, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 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
• Ice Storm, December 12, 20221 event here
• Hail, September 8, 20221.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 5, 20222.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 23, 20221 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20222.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20221.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, June 1, 20221 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 2022EF3 · 3 events here
• Hail, May 29, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 12, 2022$20,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022EF2 · 14 events here
• Blizzard, April 12, 20221 event here
• High Wind, April 12, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 26, 20222 deaths · 2 injured · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20211 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202156 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 11, 20211 event here
• Hail, September 16, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 202170 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20213.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202163 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 10, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, January 14, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• High Wind, November 8, 202056 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 20, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20201.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 202066 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20202.5 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 14, 202071 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20201 in hail · 6 events here
• Winter Weather, April 9, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 8, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, December 27, 20191 event here
• Flood, November 1, 20191 event here
• High Wind, October 21, 201955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, October 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, September 12, 20191 event here
• Flood, September 11, 20191 event here
• Tornado, September 9, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 15, 2019EF0 · 2 events here
• Flood, August 3, 20191 event here
• Flood, August 2, 20191 event here
• Flood, August 2, 20191 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$6.9 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 18, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 18, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$472,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 22, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 22, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 21, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 19, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20191 death · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 18, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, December 31, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 3, 20181 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 201883 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, June 10, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20181 event here
• Flood, April 20, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 8, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 23, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20171 event here
• Tornado, September 19, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 20171.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20172.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 11, 20173 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2017EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20172.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 12, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 201764 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2016$295,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 16, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 10, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, November 18, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 28, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 11, 20162 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20161.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 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
• Flash Flood, August 5, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2015EF0 · 5 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20151.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20152.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 3, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, December 15, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 9, 20141 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 2014EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 12, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, February 13, 20141 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 20141 death · 2 injured · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 18, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 3, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, October 29, 20131 death · 4 injured · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2013$574,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, April 14, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 8, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, March 18, 20131 event here
• Ice Storm, March 8, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 18, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 10, 20131 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20131 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, December 9, 20121 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20121 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, August 28, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Codington CountyEvery warning in Codington 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.