Storm History: Lake County, South Dakota

Events

664

Deaths

2

Injuries

4

Damage

$50 million

Episodes

522

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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• Flash Flood, May 5, 20121 death · $2.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 20201 death · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$27 million · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2021$3.9 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 10, 2019$2.9 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 9, 1992$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 20121 death · $2.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, July 11, 2000$2.0 million · 4 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$1.6 million · 2 events here
• Drought, June 8, 2021$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2021$1.2 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 20, 2024$750,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 2023$732,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20233 injured · $500,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 16, 1996$400,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$310,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1970$275,000 · F3 · 5 events here
• Drought, September 1, 2021$220,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1998$200,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2004$200,000 · 78 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 2010$200,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2011$150,000 · 2.5 in hail · 7 events here

• Hail, May 1, 20084.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 11, 2000$2.0 million · 4 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 5, 2021$1,000 · 3.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 2010$200,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 11, 2000$10,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 19992.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 27, 19902.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 15, 19802.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 20122.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2011$150,000 · 2.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, July 31, 20242 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 28, 20222 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 23, 20222 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, August 17, 20192 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 20102 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 24, 1965F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 15, 1970$275,000 · F3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 1992$25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 2007EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 1956$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 10, 1957$30 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 1987F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 9, 1992$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 2000$50,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 5, 2008EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 2015EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 10, 2019$20,000 · EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Lake County, with its track

• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20261 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, March 31, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, March 15, 202651 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 12, 202666 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 17, 202657 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 21, 202663 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, January 16, 202662 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 18, 202571 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 9, 202563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 6, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20251 event here
• High Wind, November 25, 202565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 15, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 8, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 15, 20251.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20251 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• Drought, March 25, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 28, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, February 10, 20252 events here
• Winter Weather, February 7, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 19, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202451 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 8, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20241 event here
• Tornado, July 31, 20242 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 31, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 13, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 2024$12,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, June 20, 2024$750,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 6, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 24, 20241 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 7, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20231 event here
• Strong Wind, December 8, 20231 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 2023$732,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, September 2, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 19, 20231 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 20231.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, June 13, 20231 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 202351 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, April 4, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 8, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20233 injured · $500,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 14, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 2, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 13, 20221 event here
• Ice Storm, December 12, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20221 event here
• Hail, October 23, 20222 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 2022$22,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 29, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 12, 2022$71,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, May 11, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 7, 202256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 28, 20222 in hail · 1 event here
• Wildfire, April 23, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 13, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 25, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, February 21, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202267 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20211 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202164 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 10, 20211 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, October 1, 2021$10,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2021$220,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 5, 2021$1,000 · 3.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2021$1.2 million · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2021$3.9 million · 1 event here
• Drought, June 8, 2021$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 20210.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 14, 20211 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 27, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 23, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, January 14, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, November 10, 20201 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, October 24, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, October 22, 20201 event here
• Drought, October 6, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 6, 20201.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 6, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 11, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 20201 death · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20201 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 26, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, November 5, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, October 10, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, September 11, 2019$125,000 · 2 events here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$1.6 million · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 10, 2019$20,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20192 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 15, 20191.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 28, 20191.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 20, 2019$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20191.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Heat, June 30, 20191 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, June 27, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$27 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 10, 2019$2.9 million · 1 event here
• Flood, March 13, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$310,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 9, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, March 1, 20191 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, December 31, 20182 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 26, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, November 28, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, October 14, 20181 event here
• Heat, July 11, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, April 18, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, April 8, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, April 2, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 23, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 10, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 5, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 24, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, February 22, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 19, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, January 10, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, December 29, 20171 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, December 21, 20171 event here
• Hail, September 22, 20171.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, September 19, 20171.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 15, 2017EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 25, 20171.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 12, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20171 event here
• High Wind, December 25, 201663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 24, 20161 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 16, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 10, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, November 17, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 18, 20161.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20161.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 10, 20161 event here
• Hail, June 3, 20161.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, March 1, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, February 29, 20161 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 201666 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 7, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, February 2, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, January 6, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 15, 20152 events here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, November 30, 20151 event here
• Tornado, August 9, 2015EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2015$15,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 23, 2015EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 201556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 201561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 19, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2015EF2 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 3, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, January 31, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, December 26, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, November 15, 20141 event here
• High Wind, September 9, 201451 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 16, 2014$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 27, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 18, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 26, 201456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 201456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 5, 20131 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20131.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2013EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20131 in hail · 2 events here

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Tornadoes in Lake CountyEvery warning in Lake 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.