Storm History: Day County, South Dakota

Events

747

Deaths

1

Injuries

16

Damage

$25 million

Episodes

527

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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• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 death · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$12 million · 1 event here
• Flood, July 1, 2005$7.6 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Flood, May 11, 1998$1.9 million · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2016$665,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 1994$550,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 9, 2023$300,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 1996$200,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$104,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 2009$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 5, 1994$5,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 6, 2006$5,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1953$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 25, 19731 injured · $3,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 6, 1994$2,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 23, 1994$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 11, 1954$30 · F1 · 1 event here

• Hail, July 7, 19905 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20024.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, September 2, 19954.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 17, 20104.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 19694 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 28, 20253.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 11, 20173 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 19633 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20242.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 28, 20212.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20132.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 20062.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 3, 20032.75 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, May 22, 2010EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 1, 1973F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1953$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 1964F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 4, 1971F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 22, 1981F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 1986F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1992F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 1996$200,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022EF2 · 8 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Day County, with its track

• Tornado, June 29, 20261.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 202660 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 8, 202657 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20261 event here
• High Wind, March 28, 202661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, March 12, 202670 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 28, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, January 18, 20261 event here
• High Wind, January 15, 202662 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, December 17, 202572 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 9, 202567 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 25, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, August 17, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, August 13, 20251.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20253.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 25, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Hail, June 16, 20251.25 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 15, 202564 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20251 event here
• Drought, March 25, 20251 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, March 9, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 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
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20241.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 12, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20242.75 in hail · 4 events here
• High Wind, May 5, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 15, 202467 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 6, 202456 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
• Winter Weather, October 30, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 202368 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, April 9, 2023$300,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, April 4, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, 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
• Winter Weather, February 9, 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
• Ice Storm, November 9, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Hail, August 5, 20222.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 23, 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
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 29, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022EF2 · 8 events here
• Hail, May 9, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 22, 2022EF0 · 1 event 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
• Heavy Snow, February 20, 20221 event here
• Wildfire, February 18, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• High Wind, February 1, 202258 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 4, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 17, 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
• High Wind, November 11, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 9, 2021EF0 · 5 events here
• Hail, August 28, 20212.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, August 26, 202170 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 23, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 22, 2021EF0 · 3 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20211 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20211 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 death · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 8, 202056 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 21, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 20, 20201 event here
• Hail, August 24, 20201.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 11, 202068 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 25, 20201.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 202066 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20201 in hail · 7 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 27, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20191 event here
• High Wind, October 21, 201955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 10, 20191 event here
• Tornado, September 9, 2019EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 15, 2019EF0 · 1 event here
• Flood, August 2, 20191 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20192 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$12 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$104,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 22, 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 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, December 31, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Hail, July 10, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 201861 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20181 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, June 5, 20181 event here
• Hail, May 27, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 20181.25 in hail · 1 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
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20171 event here
• High Wind, November 29, 201759 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 22, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 20171.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 11, 20173 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2017EF1 · 12 events here
• Hail, May 16, 20171 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$665,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, November 18, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 28, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 10, 20161.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, August 1, 20161.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 16, 2016EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 14, 2016EF0 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 13, 20161 event 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
• Tornado, July 17, 2015EF0 · 8 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 10, 20152.5 in hail · 4 events 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
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 9, 20141 event here
• Hail, September 1, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 2014EF1 · 4 events here
• Blizzard, March 31, 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 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 Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20131.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 12, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20132.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2013EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 20131.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20131 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 201370 kt wind · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, April 13, 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
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, December 9, 20121 event here
• Hail, August 28, 20121.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 24, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 17, 2012EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20122.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 22, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 15, 201267 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 28, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20121 event here
• Strong Wind, December 2, 20111 injured · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 26, 2011EF0 · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 20111 event here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Lakeshore Flood, June 1, 20111 event here
• Hail, May 30, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 30, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 21, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, May 1, 20111 event here

Earlier years, state by state:

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Tornadoes in Day CountyEvery warning in Day 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.