South Dakota

Storm History: Jones County, South Dakota

422 episodes, 540 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jones 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
540
Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Damage
$3.0 million
Episodes
422

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
Hail15101$5,000
High Wind6300
Tornado5600$25,000
Drought4500
Blizzard4100
Thunderstorm Wind3502
Heavy Snow3100
Flood3000$2.9 million
Flash Flood2900
Winter Storm2200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Excessive Heat700
Wildfire500
Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm300$10,000
Heat200
Strong Wind100
Winter Weather100

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

Every tornado in Jones County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jones CountyEvery warning in Jones 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.