Storm History: Faulk County, South Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Faulk 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
- 615
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $23 million
- Episodes
- 432
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 | 167 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Tornado | 138 | 0 | 0 | $58,000 |
| Blizzard | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 24 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | $23 million |
| Excessive Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 22, 2010
- Tornado, June 9, 1957
- Tornado, May 20, 1965
- Tornado, June 25, 1969
- Tornado, August 3, 1981
- Tornado, June 16, 1992
- Tornado, June 28, 1955
- Tornado, July 26, 1966
- Tornado, April 19, 1973
- Tornado, August 5, 1987
- Tornado, July 18, 2001
- Tornado, July 4, 2020
- Tornado, August 30, 2020
- Tornado, May 12, 2022
- Tornado, June 12, 2022
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2026
- Tornado, June 9, 2026
- High Wind, April 8, 2026
- Wildfire, March 12, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2026
- Blizzard, February 17, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Blizzard, November 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2025
- Hail, July 28, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2025
- Flood, July 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- Tornado, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2025
- High Wind, May 15, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Tornado, February 24, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 13, 2024
- Hail, July 6, 2024
- Tornado, June 27, 2024
- High Wind, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 23, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Flood, April 9, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 4, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2023
- Blizzard, March 31, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2023
- Blizzard, February 22, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 14, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Ice Storm, November 9, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Hail, August 5, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2022
- Hail, June 20, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, June 12, 2022
- Tornado, May 12, 2022
- Tornado, May 7, 2022
- Tornado, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Wildfire, February 18, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Hail, August 26, 2021
- Hail, August 23, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 25, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 21, 2020
- Tornado, August 30, 2020
- Tornado, July 4, 2020
- Tornado, June 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, April 9, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Blizzard, December 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, October 10, 2019
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2019
- Hail, July 16, 2019
- Hail, June 4, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Blizzard, April 11, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 22, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Blizzard, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Drought, October 1, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Flood, June 10, 2018
- Hail, June 5, 2018
- Drought, June 5, 2018
- Dust Storm, June 1, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 8, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 2017
- Blizzard, December 4, 2017
- Drought, October 1, 2017
- Drought, September 1, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Hail, July 21, 2017
- Drought, July 1, 2017
- Tornado, June 13, 2017
- Drought, June 6, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2017
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 2017
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2016
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2016
- Hail, September 7, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2016
- High Wind, February 7, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2015
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- High Wind, October 11, 2015
- Tornado, July 24, 2015
- Tornado, July 17, 2015
- Hail, July 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2015
- Tornado, August 23, 2014
- Tornado, June 21, 2014
- Tornado, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, May 30, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2014
- High Wind, January 25, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2013
- Hail, August 27, 2013
- Tornado, June 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2013
- Blizzard, February 18, 2013
- Blizzard, February 10, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, August 22, 2012
- Tornado, August 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2012
- High Wind, April 15, 2012
- Blizzard, February 28, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2012
- High Wind, October 7, 2011
- High Wind, September 20, 2011
- Hail, August 28, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Flood, June 20, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2011
- Hail, May 21, 2011
- High Wind, April 30, 2011
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2011
- Flood, April 1, 2011
- Flood, March 15, 2011
- Blizzard, March 11, 2011
- Blizzard, February 20, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, January 1, 2011
- Blizzard, December 31, 2010
- Blizzard, December 30, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, September 1, 2010
- Tornado, July 23, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 2010
- Tornado, May 22, 2010
- High Wind, April 13, 2010
- Flood, March 15, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 23, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2009
- Hail, July 6, 2009
- Tornado, June 16, 2009
- Hail, May 12, 2009
- Blizzard, March 30, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2009
- Blizzard, January 11, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2008
- Blizzard, December 19, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Faulk CountyEvery warning in Faulk 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.