South Dakota

Storm History: Hutchinson County, South Dakota

649 episodes, 832 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hutchinson 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
832
Deaths
5
Injuries
4
Damage
$197 million
Episodes
649

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
Hail21100$1.7 million
Tornado11300$2.4 million
Flood9000$67 million
Winter Storm5710$10 million
Thunderstorm Wind5300$1.4 million
Drought5300$106 million
High Wind5200$1.1 million
Winter Weather4931
Blizzard4611$141,000
Flash Flood2701$6.1 million
Excessive Heat2300
Heavy Snow1800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Cold/Wind Chill1100
Heat500
Ice Storm400$1.0 million
Funnel Cloud200
Lightning101
Wildfire100
Strong Wind100

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 Hutchinson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hutchinson CountyEvery warning in Hutchinson 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.