Storm History: Dewey County, South Dakota

Events

814

Deaths

3

Injuries

2

Damage

$4.3 million

Episodes

551

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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• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20172 deaths · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 death · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$2.9 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 5, 2008$600,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2016$223,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$199,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2010$100,000 · EF2 · 13 events here
• Flood, June 5, 2008$75,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 6, 1994$50,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1953$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 8, 19641 injured · $25,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, September 24, 1986$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 2009$10,000 · EF0 · 11 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 2024$9,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 10, 1994$5,000 · 1.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 1955$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 1977$3,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Hail, July 7, 19905 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20024.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, July 11, 19713.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 6, 20193 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20093 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 16, 19713 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20202.75 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20162.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 20062.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 3, 20032.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 15, 19982.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 26, 19982.75 in hail · 3 events here

• Tornado, May 8, 1965F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1953$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 1955$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 3, 1959F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 8, 19641 injured · $25,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 1986F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2010$100,000 · EF2 · 13 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Dewey County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 202656 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 3, 20261 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 8, 202657 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20261 event here
• Wildfire, March 12, 202670 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 17, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20261 event here
• High Wind, January 21, 202666 kt wind · 1 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
• High Wind, October 20, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, September 18, 20252 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 4, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 202554 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flood, August 17, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 26, 20251.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, July 23, 202570 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 202563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20251 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20251.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 15, 202564 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20251 event here
• Wildfire, April 11, 20251 event here
• High Wind, April 9, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• Wildfire, March 20, 20251 event here
• Drought, March 1, 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, February 11, 20251 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 19, 202459 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20241 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 8, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20242.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 29, 20242.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 2024$9,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 202495 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 27, 2024EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20241 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 19, 20241.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 202478 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 death · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20231 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 26, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 30, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20231.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20231 in hail · 3 events here
• Dense Smoke, May 17, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 14, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20231 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 14, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 202264 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20221 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20221 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, July 19, 202256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20221 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 7 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20221 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20222.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20222 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20221.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20221.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20221 event here
• Hail, May 11, 20221.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20221 event here
• Tornado, April 22, 2022EF0 · 2 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
• Drought, April 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20221 event here
• High Wind, February 1, 202258 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202257 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, 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, December 5, 202153 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, November 17, 202154 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, September 19, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 23, 20211.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, August 14, 20211.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 3, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Tornado, June 8, 2021EF0 · 7 events here
• Funnel Cloud, June 8, 20211 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 202174 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, April 12, 202157 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202163 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, February 23, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 14, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 22, 202060 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 31, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 24, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 21, 20201 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20202.75 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, July 31, 20201.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, July 7, 202069 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 2, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 202082 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 8, 20201 event here
• High Wind, January 17, 202054 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 27, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 10, 20191 event here
• Tornado, August 9, 2019EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 6, 20193 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 16, 20192 in hail · 6 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$2.9 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$199,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 23, 20191 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
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 6, 20191 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 201963 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20181 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 201883 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20181.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 2018EF0 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 10, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20181.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, June 1, 2018EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 20181.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 8, 20181 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, March 5, 20181 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20181 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Drought, January 1, 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
• Drought, December 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20171 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201754 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 12, 20171.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 201761 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 201764 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, June 6, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 201764 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20172 deaths · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2016$223,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 5, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20162 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20162.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20162.5 in hail · 11 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 16, 2016EF0 · 6 events here
• Hail, May 30, 20162 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 201672 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 13, 20161 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 201661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201567 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 11, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, August 22, 201563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 201561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 24, 2015EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20152.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 201568 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, May 9, 20151 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 201553 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20151 event here
• High Wind, January 8, 201560 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 7, 201458 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 19, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 20, 20141 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 24, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2014EF0 · 2 events here
• Flood, June 19, 20141 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 2014EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Flood, March 11, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 25, 201461 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 20, 201456 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 201460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20131 event here

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Tornadoes in Dewey CountyEvery warning in Dewey 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.