Storm History: Douglas County, South Dakota

Events

547

Deaths

2

Injuries

14

Damage

$60 million

Episodes

445

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, November 28, 20051 death · $100,000 · 1 event here
• Wildfire, March 6, 20001 death · 1 injured · $5,000 · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$27 million · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 9, 2013$10 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2022$5.4 million · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 2022$4.8 million · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2023$2.7 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 20159 injured · $1.5 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 1998$1.2 million · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1997$1.0 million · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, November 27, 2005$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2021$870,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$670,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 20, 2024$582,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 2021$564,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2022$531,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2021$418,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 1986$275,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 19, 1975$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 9, 2020$125,000 · 78 kt wind · 5 events here
• Tornado, September 10, 2019$115,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Blizzard, November 28, 20051 death · $100,000 · 1 event here

• Hail, August 21, 20076.88 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 1, 20084.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 16, 20064.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20123 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 6, 1998$1.2 million · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 25, 20242.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 20222.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 2020$10,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20172.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 26, 2014$45,000 · 2.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, July 30, 20232.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 22, 20222.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 2020$11,000 · 2.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 21, 20172 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 3, 20092 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 14, 1962F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 25, 19692 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 1992F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 1965F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 1972F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 1986$275,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 11, 1987F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 5, 2008EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 20159 injured · $1.5 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 10, 2019$115,000 · EF2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Douglas County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 202678 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20261 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20261 event here
• Tornado, May 17, 20261.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, March 15, 202651 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 12, 202666 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, March 10, 20261 event here
• High Wind, January 21, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 202662 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 18, 202571 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 20252 events here
• High Wind, December 9, 202563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 6, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20251 event here
• High Wind, November 25, 202565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 8, 20251 event here
• Hail, August 3, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 202574 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 15, 20251.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 27, 20251 in hail · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Hail, June 16, 20251.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 19, 202563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 6, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 202552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20251 event here
• High Wind, February 28, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, February 10, 20252 events here
• Drought, February 1, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 19, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 9, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202451 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20241 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 29, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, September 12, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, August 25, 20242.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 31, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 29, 20241.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 202465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 13, 20241 event here
• Flood, June 20, 2024$582,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 6, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 21, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 6, 202457 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 24, 20241 event here
• High Wind, March 6, 202453 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 27, 20241 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20242 events here
• Winter Storm, January 7, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20231 event here
• Strong Wind, December 8, 20231 event here
• Strong Wind, December 4, 20231 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 202354 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, September 2, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 30, 20232.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 24, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2023$2.7 million · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20231 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 202351 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, April 4, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 8, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 14, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 2, 20231 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 13, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, November 28, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2022$531,000 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2022$3,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2022$5.4 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 2022$4.8 million · 1 event here
• Hail, May 12, 2022$1,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 2022$35,000 · 1 event here
• Wildfire, April 23, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 22, 20222.5 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 13, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 20222.75 in hail · 5 events here
• High Wind, April 5, 202260 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, March 29, 20221 event here
• High Wind, March 25, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, February 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20211 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202164 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 10, 20211 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202164 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2021$2,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2021$418,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2021$870,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 2021$564,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, March 10, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 27, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 23, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, January 14, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, October 24, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, October 22, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2020$40,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2020$10,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 2020$10,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 9, 2020$125,000 · 78 kt wind · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 2020$11,000 · 2.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 11, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, March 19, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 26, 20191 event here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$80,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 10, 2019$115,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 17, 2019$10,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Heat, June 30, 20191 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20191 event here
• Heat, June 28, 20191 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$27 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 10, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, March 14, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$670,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 9, 20191 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, December 31, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, December 26, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, October 14, 20181 event here
• Flood, July 13, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 20182 events here
• Heat, July 11, 20181 event here
• Heat, July 8, 20181 event here
• Heat, July 3, 20181 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20181 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, April 18, 20181 event here
• Hail, April 13, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, April 2, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, March 5, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 24, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, February 22, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 19, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 21, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, January 10, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, December 21, 20171 event here
• Hail, August 21, 20172 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 13, 20171.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20172.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 27, 20171.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20171.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 20171 injured · $60,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 23, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20171 event here
• High Wind, December 25, 201663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 24, 20161 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 16, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, November 17, 20161 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 10, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20161 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 201666 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 2, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, November 30, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 20, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 201561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 20159 injured · $1.5 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 24, 20151.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, March 3, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, January 31, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, November 15, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, August 23, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 26, 2014$45,000 · 2.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 18, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 26, 201456 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 201456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 9, 2013$10 million · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 10, 20131 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, December 27, 20121 event here
• Blizzard, December 8, 20121 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 201260 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, September 4, 2012$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 20121 event here

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Tornadoes in Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas 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.