Storm History: Jones County, South Dakota
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 151 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 |
| High Wind | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 56 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Drought | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 35 | 0 | 2 | |
| Heavy Snow | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 30 | 0 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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.
- Hail, August 27, 2018
- Hail, July 5, 2005
- Hail, May 30, 1998
- Hail, August 4, 1960
- Hail, August 26, 2020
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- Hail, July 30, 2016
- Hail, June 21, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2006
- Hail, August 26, 1998
- Hail, June 19, 1997
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2024
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 29, 2026
- Hail, June 4, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2026
- Hail, April 22, 2026
- Wildfire, March 12, 2026
- Blizzard, February 17, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- Blizzard, November 25, 2025
- Wildfire, July 26, 2025
- Hail, July 22, 2025
- High Wind, May 15, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Ice Storm, March 29, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Tornado, February 24, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2024
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2024
- Flood, April 15, 2024
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Hail, September 20, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Hail, July 27, 2023
- Hail, June 23, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2023
- Hail, May 28, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2023
- Blizzard, March 31, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 14, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2022
- Ice Storm, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- Hail, August 5, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2022
- Hail, June 24, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, June 12, 2022
- Hail, June 11, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Wildfire, February 18, 2022
- High Wind, January 4, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2021
- High Wind, December 5, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Hail, August 23, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 3, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Hail, June 13, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Wildfire, March 29, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2021
- Drought, February 23, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, October 31, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 24, 2020
- Hail, August 26, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2020
- Flood, July 4, 2020
- Flood, June 18, 2020
- Hail, June 17, 2020
- Tornado, June 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- High Wind, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, October 10, 2019
- Hail, August 25, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Tornado, August 9, 2019
- Hail, July 16, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 26, 2019
- Flood, May 22, 2019
- Flood, May 22, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Blizzard, April 11, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 23, 2019
- Flood, March 22, 2019
- Flood, March 20, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Hail, August 27, 2018
- Tornado, August 23, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2018
- High Wind, June 29, 2018
- Flood, June 21, 2018
- Hail, June 13, 2018
- Hail, June 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Blizzard, December 4, 2017
- High Wind, October 26, 2017
- Drought, October 1, 2017
- Drought, September 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Drought, July 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2017
- Hail, June 11, 2017
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2017
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2016
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2016
- Hail, September 4, 2016
- Hail, August 14, 2016
- Hail, August 2, 2016
- Hail, August 1, 2016
- Hail, July 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2016
- Hail, June 21, 2016
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- Hail, May 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- High Wind, February 7, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2015
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- High Wind, October 11, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2015
- High Wind, August 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2015
- Tornado, July 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2015
- Hail, July 4, 2015
- Hail, June 21, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2015
- High Wind, March 29, 2015
- Blizzard, March 3, 2015
- Hail, June 14, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- High Wind, January 25, 2014
- High Wind, January 20, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- High Wind, October 11, 2013
- Blizzard, October 4, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2013
- Hail, July 20, 2013
- Hail, July 8, 2013
- Hail, July 6, 2013
- Tornado, June 21, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Hail, May 17, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 8, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 10, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 24, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2012
- Hail, May 5, 2012
- Blizzard, February 28, 2012
- High Wind, October 7, 2011
- Hail, October 6, 2011
- High Wind, September 20, 2011
- Hail, August 17, 2011
- Hail, August 11, 2011
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2011
- Hail, July 21, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2011
- Flood, June 20, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2011
- High Wind, April 30, 2011
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2011
- Flood, March 2, 2011
- Blizzard, February 20, 2011
- Flood, February 16, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, January 1, 2011
- Blizzard, December 31, 2010
- Blizzard, December 30, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Hail, September 22, 2010
- Hail, August 3, 2010
- Tornado, July 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2010
- Hail, June 20, 2010
- Hail, June 10, 2010
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.