Storm History: Kingsbury County, South Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kingsbury 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
- 712
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $60 million
- Episodes
- 561
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 | 184 | 0 | 2 | $4.7 million |
| Tornado | 116 | 2 | 4 | $7.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 55 | 0 | 0 | $597,000 |
| Winter Weather | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 46 | 0 | 0 | $77,000 |
| Winter Storm | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 44 | 0 | 0 | $156,000 |
| Drought | 40 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Flash Flood | 26 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 21 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $34 million |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $216,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Drought, June 20, 2023
- Drought, September 27, 2022
- Tornado, June 24, 2003
- Tornado, June 16, 1992
- Hail, May 17, 2000
- Hail, July 27, 1995
- Ice Storm, November 27, 2005
- Flood, April 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Hail, July 28, 2002
- Hail, July 28, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, June 8, 2021
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Flood, September 11, 2019
- Tornado, June 26, 2010
- Tornado, June 21, 1961
- Tornado, July 19, 1976
- Tornado, September 24, 1977
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 22, 1968
- Hail, July 28, 2002
- Hail, June 18, 2012
- Hail, June 4, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2025
- Hail, July 5, 2016
- Hail, July 28, 2002
- Hail, June 27, 1990
- Hail, July 27, 1990
- Hail, August 29, 1983
- Tornado, July 15, 1980
- Hail, August 12, 1980
- Hail, July 11, 1960
- Hail, May 28, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2012
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Hail, June 9, 2026
- Hail, June 4, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 31, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2026
- High Wind, February 17, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, January 16, 2026
- High Wind, December 28, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 8, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2025
- Hail, August 5, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2025
- Hail, July 15, 2025
- Hail, July 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- High Wind, May 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- High Wind, February 28, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 22, 2024
- Hail, August 26, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Tornado, July 31, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 13, 2024
- Hail, July 6, 2024
- High Wind, June 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- High Wind, March 6, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Strong Wind, December 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2023
- Heat, September 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Tornado, August 10, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Tornado, July 3, 2023
- Drought, June 20, 2023
- High Wind, April 30, 2023
- Ice Storm, April 4, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 31, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2023
- Blizzard, February 21, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Hail, October 23, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 27, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2022
- Tornado, June 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2022
- Tornado, May 30, 2022
- Tornado, May 29, 2022
- Hail, May 28, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Wildfire, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 13, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Dense Fog, April 2, 2022
- High Wind, March 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2021
- Drought, June 8, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2021
- Blizzard, January 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 22, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 20, 2020
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Hail, July 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Blizzard, December 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 5, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 10, 2019
- Flood, September 11, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Hail, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2018
- Heat, July 11, 2018
- Tornado, May 8, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 2017
- Hail, July 21, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2017
- Hail, June 22, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Hail, June 11, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2016
- Blizzard, November 17, 2016
- Hail, August 18, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2016
- Hail, July 16, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2016
- Excessive Heat, June 10, 2016
- Hail, June 3, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 29, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2015
- Tornado, August 9, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2015
- Hail, June 9, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2014
- Hail, July 24, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 18, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2013
- Tornado, June 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 10, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 8, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Kingsbury CountyEvery warning in Kingsbury 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.