Storm History: Davison County, South Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Davison 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
- 808
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 68
- Damage
- $87 million
- Episodes
- 644
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 | 180 | 0 | 0 | $3.1 million |
| Tornado | 94 | 0 | 36 | $3.6 million |
| Flood | 80 | 1 | 0 | $48 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 62 | 0 | 17 | $8.7 million |
| Flash Flood | 60 | 0 | 0 | $3.1 million |
| High Wind | 54 | 0 | 0 | $269,000 |
| Winter Weather | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 49 | 0 | 0 | $19 million |
| Blizzard | 46 | 0 | 0 | $285,000 |
| Winter Storm | 45 | 0 | 13 | $100,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $67,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 2 | $1.1 million |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, September 11, 2019
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Flood, June 20, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2000
- Hail, July 24, 2002
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, May 21, 1962
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2012
- Drought, September 13, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Ice Storm, November 27, 2005
- Flood, April 1, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1997
- Tornado, June 24, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 1, 2008
- Hail, August 8, 2009
- Hail, July 27, 2008
- Hail, August 16, 1986
- Hail, July 3, 1969
- Hail, July 14, 1961
- Hail, July 30, 2023
- Tornado, June 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2009
- Hail, August 3, 2005
- Hail, July 24, 2002
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Hail, August 10, 2013
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 14, 1962
- Tornado, May 21, 1962
- Tornado, June 20, 1968
- Tornado, July 9, 1971
- Tornado, July 1, 1973
- Tornado, July 18, 1983
- Tornado, June 16, 1992
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Tornado, May 27, 1954
- Tornado, April 26, 1962
- Tornado, August 8, 1969
- Tornado, July 18, 1970
- Tornado, April 19, 1973
- Tornado, July 10, 1977
- Tornado, August 5, 1987
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Hail, June 9, 2026
- Hail, June 3, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Tornado, May 17, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 17, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, February 17, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, January 18, 2026
- High Wind, January 16, 2026
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 8, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2025
- Hail, July 20, 2025
- Hail, July 15, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- High Wind, May 19, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- High Wind, February 28, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- High Wind, December 9, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 29, 2024
- Strong Wind, September 12, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2024
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 13, 2024
- Flood, July 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2024
- Flood, June 20, 2024
- High Wind, June 6, 2024
- High Wind, May 21, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- High Wind, March 6, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Strong Wind, December 8, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2023
- Heat, September 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Tornado, August 10, 2023
- Hail, July 30, 2023
- Hail, July 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2023
- Hail, July 12, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Flood, June 1, 2023
- Flood, May 1, 2023
- High Wind, April 30, 2023
- Flood, April 18, 2023
- Ice Storm, April 4, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2023
- Blizzard, February 21, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 13, 2022
- Flood, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2022
- Flood, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2022
- Flood, June 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 29, 2022
- Flood, May 26, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- High Wind, May 7, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Wildfire, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 13, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 29, 2022
- High Wind, March 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2022
- High Wind, January 4, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Hail, August 30, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Tornado, May 24, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2021
- Blizzard, January 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 22, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- Flood, July 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2020
- Flood, June 9, 2020
- Tornado, June 8, 2020
- Flood, June 1, 2020
- Flood, May 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2020
- Flood, April 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2020
- Flood, March 1, 2020
- Flood, February 26, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Flood, February 1, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Flood, January 1, 2020
- Blizzard, December 28, 2019
- Flood, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 5, 2019
- Flood, November 1, 2019
- Flood, October 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2019
- Flood, September 11, 2019
- Flood, September 11, 2019
- Flood, September 1, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Flood, August 1, 2019
- Tornado, July 28, 2019
- Hail, July 20, 2019
- Hail, July 12, 2019
- Flood, July 1, 2019
- Heat, June 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2019
- Heat, June 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 18, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Flood, April 16, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Lightning, April 5, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2018
- Winter Weather, October 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2018
- Tornado, August 4, 2018
- Heat, July 11, 2018
- Heat, July 8, 2018
- Heat, July 3, 2018
- Flood, April 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 18, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2018
- Flood, March 16, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2017
- Hail, September 22, 2017
- Hail, September 19, 2017
- Tornado, July 25, 2017
- Hail, July 11, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Davison CountyEvery warning in Davison 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.