Storm History: Hughes County, South Dakota

Events

801

Deaths

0

Injuries

13

Damage

$5.9 million

Episodes

580

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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None recorded.

• Flood, June 1, 2019$2.8 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 197310 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$185,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 2, 1999$175,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 2008$150,000 · 2.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Lightning, June 5, 2008$50,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 1970$25,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 1992$25,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 2009$5,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 21, 1995$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 1994$500 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 1982$30 · F0 · 5 events here

• Hail, June 11, 20034.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20024.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 26, 20184 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 30, 19974 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20213.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20253.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 19563.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 6, 20193 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, May 25, 20162.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 30, 20162.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 2008$150,000 · 2.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, June 18, 20082.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 8, 1965F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 1963F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 197310 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 1981F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 1983F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 26, 1964F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 4, 1966F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 1969F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 8, 1969F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 1970F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 4, 1971F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 8, 1973F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1978F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 1979F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 28, 1986F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Hughes County, with its track

• Tornado, June 29, 20261.75 in hail · 4 events here
• High Wind, June 17, 202656 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 9, 20261 in hail · 4 events here
• High Wind, March 21, 202654 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, March 12, 202670 kt wind · 1 event 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
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 202562 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20253.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 26, 20251.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 26, 20251 event here
• Flood, July 23, 202570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20251 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Hail, June 16, 20251.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 15, 202564 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 27, 20251.25 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 13, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• Ice Storm, March 29, 20251 event here
• Drought, March 25, 20251 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 19, 202459 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20242.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 20, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 28, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20242 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 13, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 202495 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 27, 2024EF0 · 5 events here
• High Wind, May 24, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, April 15, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 15, 202467 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 6, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20241 event here
• High Wind, March 3, 202451 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20231 event here
• High Wind, December 8, 202353 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202354 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 202351 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, September 2, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Hail, August 1, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 2023EF0 · 9 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20231.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20231.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20231 event here
• High Wind, March 11, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 5, 20231 injured · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 22, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 14, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 16, 20231 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
• Ice Storm, November 9, 20221 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 202264 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 5, 20222.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20221.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 202260 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20222.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20221.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 2 events here
• Drought, May 1, 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
• 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
• High Wind, December 15, 202156 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 5, 202153 kt wind · 1 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
• Tornado, October 13, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, September 19, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20213.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 202174 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 29, 202163 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 14, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 10, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• Wildfire, January 14, 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
• Tornado, August 27, 2020EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, July 31, 20201.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, July 29, 20201 event here
• High Wind, July 7, 202069 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 202072 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 4, 20201.25 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, July 2, 202062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2020EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 2020EF1 · 10 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 202082 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 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 · 5 events here
• Hail, August 6, 20193 in hail · 9 events here
• High Wind, July 20, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20192 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 201994 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, June 19, 20191 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$2.8 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 31, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, May 22, 20191 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$185,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 22, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 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
• High Wind, January 27, 201963 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• High Wind, October 3, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20184 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, August 4, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 2018EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20182 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 5, 201861 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 1, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 20181.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 16, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, March 5, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 8, 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, October 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20171.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20171.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2017EF1 · 3 events here
• Drought, June 6, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 201764 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 24, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 16, 20161 event here
• High Wind, December 5, 201663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 29, 20160.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 11, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 2, 20161.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 20162.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20161.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 201661 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 25, 20162.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 22, 2016EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 201672 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 201661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 30, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201567 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 11, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 7, 20152 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, August 22, 201563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20151.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 20152 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 201568 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 7, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 201553 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 3, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20151 event here
• Hail, September 7, 20141.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 11, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 201460 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20141 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 2014EF0 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 25, 201461 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
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• High Wind, October 11, 201355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2013EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 201370 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 17, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 8, 20131 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
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20131 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, December 9, 20121 event here

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Tornadoes in Hughes CountyEvery warning in Hughes 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.