Storm History: Harding County, South Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Harding 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
- 1,107
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $9.7 million
- Episodes
- 695
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 | 474 | 0 | 0 | $511,000 |
| High Wind | 201 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 179 | 0 | 0 | $36,000 |
| Tornado | 66 | 0 | 0 | $73,000 |
| Winter Storm | 54 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Blizzard | 34 | 0 | 0 | $7.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 34 | 0 | 0 | $255,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | $510,000 |
| Winter Weather | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Blizzard, March 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2006
- Blizzard, March 30, 2009
- Flood, May 20, 2011
- Hail, July 26, 2015
- Flood, June 4, 2008
- Blizzard, November 5, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2014
- Flood, May 21, 2019
- High Wind, February 10, 1996
- Hail, July 10, 1994
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2011
- Hail, July 19, 2000
- Winter Storm, October 4, 2005
- Blizzard, December 25, 2009
- Hail, July 3, 2012
- Hail, July 16, 2012
- Hail, September 7, 2013
- Winter Storm, October 26, 1996
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, July 20, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2011
- Hail, September 1, 1990
- Hail, June 20, 2025
- Hail, June 26, 2018
- Hail, June 7, 2026
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Hail, August 17, 2014
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2018
- Hail, July 18, 2017
- Hail, August 9, 2016
- Hail, August 30, 2014
- Hail, May 25, 2013
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 27, 2026
- Hail, June 7, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Hail, August 13, 2025
- Hail, August 1, 2025
- Tornado, July 20, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2025
- Hail, July 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2025
- Hail, June 25, 2025
- Hail, June 20, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, February 24, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 2, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2024
- High Wind, December 8, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- High Wind, September 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2024
- Hail, July 11, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2024
- Hail, June 15, 2024
- Hail, June 10, 2024
- High Wind, June 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2024
- High Wind, May 6, 2024
- High Wind, April 10, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 30, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2023
- Winter Weather, October 25, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Hail, September 4, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 11, 2023
- Hail, July 11, 2023
- Hail, July 11, 2023
- Hail, July 11, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2023
- High Wind, March 11, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- High Wind, January 26, 2023
- High Wind, December 25, 2022
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2022
- Blizzard, December 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- High Wind, October 12, 2022
- High Wind, July 19, 2022
- Hail, July 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- Hail, June 29, 2022
- Hail, June 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2022
- Hail, June 19, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2022
- High Wind, May 12, 2022
- Blizzard, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 17, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- High Wind, April 3, 2022
- High Wind, March 24, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2022
- High Wind, February 8, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- High Wind, January 4, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 5, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Winter Storm, October 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- High Wind, June 10, 2021
- High Wind, June 8, 2021
- Hail, June 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2021
- High Wind, March 30, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- High Wind, February 23, 2021
- High Wind, February 22, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, December 20, 2020
- High Wind, October 31, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 24, 2020
- High Wind, October 14, 2020
- High Wind, October 11, 2020
- Hail, August 27, 2020
- Hail, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2020
- Hail, July 23, 2020
- Hail, July 23, 2020
- Hail, July 23, 2020
- Hail, July 7, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2020
- Hail, July 3, 2020
- Hail, July 2, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2020
- Hail, June 14, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Hail, May 31, 2020
- Hail, May 31, 2020
- High Wind, May 9, 2020
- High Wind, April 28, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2020
- High Wind, March 4, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2020
- High Wind, January 30, 2020
- High Wind, January 17, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- Blizzard, November 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2019
- Hail, August 11, 2019
- Hail, August 3, 2019
- Hail, August 3, 2019
- Hail, August 3, 2019
- Hail, July 19, 2019
- Hail, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2019
- Hail, July 8, 2019
- Hail, July 5, 2019
- Hail, July 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2019
- Hail, June 7, 2019
- Flood, May 21, 2019
- Blizzard, April 9, 2019
- Winter Weather, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 23, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2018
- Tornado, June 28, 2018
- Hail, June 26, 2018
- Hail, June 22, 2018
- Hail, June 14, 2018
- Hail, June 10, 2018
- Hail, June 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2018
- High Wind, June 1, 2018
- Flood, April 12, 2018
- Blizzard, April 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 2017
- High Wind, December 12, 2017
- High Wind, December 5, 2017
- High Wind, November 29, 2017
- High Wind, October 26, 2017
- High Wind, October 23, 2017
- Hail, August 12, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2017
- Hail, July 18, 2017
- Hail, June 5, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2017
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- High Wind, March 6, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2017
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 2016
- Blizzard, December 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2016
- High Wind, October 31, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2016
- Hail, August 10, 2016
- Hail, August 9, 2016
- Hail, August 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2016
- Hail, July 20, 2016
- Hail, July 14, 2016
- Hail, July 10, 2016
- Hail, July 9, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2016
- Hail, June 29, 2016
- Hail, June 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2016
- Hail, June 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 27, 2016
- High Wind, April 5, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2015
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- High Wind, October 11, 2015
- High Wind, August 22, 2015
- High Wind, July 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2015
- Hail, July 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2015
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Harding CountyEvery warning in Harding 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.