South Dakota

Storm History: Haakon County, South Dakota

599 episodes, 843 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Haakon 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
843
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$10 million
Episodes
599

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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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail32700$390,000
High Wind14400
Thunderstorm Wind12500$3.0 million
Tornado7300$1.1 million
Winter Storm5200$25,000
Blizzard3710$4.9 million
Flash Flood2800$21,000
Flood2000$1.1 million
Heavy Snow1400
Winter Weather1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Cold/Wind Chill400
Wildfire100
Ice Storm100
Heat100

The deadliest

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

Every tornado in Haakon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Haakon CountyEvery warning in Haakon 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.