Storm History: McCook County, South Dakota

Events

745

Deaths

8

Injuries

156

Damage

$129 million

Episodes

585

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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• Tornado, May 30, 19986 deaths · 150 injured · $17 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 19961 death · $10,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20071 death · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$41 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 19986 deaths · 150 injured · $17 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 2022$15 million · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 9, 2013$10 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2022$8.4 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 7, 1993$5.5 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Drought, October 1, 2023$5.3 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 1992$5.0 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 2021$3.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, September 20, 2022$2.9 million · 1 event here
• Hail, September 2, 1995$2.3 million · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2021$2.1 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 20, 2024$1.7 million · 3 events here
• Drought, June 1, 2021$1.6 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 1998$1.0 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2021$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$660,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$592,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 1994$550,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 2022$384,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events here

• Hail, September 2, 1995$2.3 million · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 19914.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20094 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, August 5, 2021$1,000 · 3.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 19913.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 28, 20113 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 20103 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20232.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 12, 20222.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 1994$550,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 16, 19862.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 3, 19692.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 19, 19662.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 20122.5 in hail · 6 events here

• Tornado, May 30, 19986 deaths · 150 injured · $17 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 1965$80,000 · F3 · 6 events here
• Tornado, June 15, 1970F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 1, 19731 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 1992$5.0 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 7, 1993$5.5 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 2007$50,000 · EF3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 1954$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 1967F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 1970F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 1, 1971$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 1973$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 5, 1984$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 1987F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 1998$1.0 million · F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in McCook County, with its track

• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20261 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 202678 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 202654 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20261 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 2026EF1 · 5 events here
• Hail, May 24, 20262 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, March 15, 202651 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 12, 202666 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, March 10, 20261 event here
• High Wind, February 17, 202657 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, January 21, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 18, 202650 kt wind · 1 event 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, 20252 events 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
• Winter Weather, November 8, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 15, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 8, 20251 event here
• Hail, August 5, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 202574 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 28, 2025EF2 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 202556 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 15, 20251.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• Drought, March 25, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, March 6, 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 22, 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
• Hail, July 29, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 13, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 20244 events here
• Flood, June 20, 2024$1.7 million · 3 events here
• Hail, June 12, 20242 injured · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 6, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 21, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 6, 202457 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 24, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, February 27, 20241 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20243 events here
• Winter Weather, January 10, 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$5.3 million · 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, 2023$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20232.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 12, 20231.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, May 4, 20230.88 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 2023$2,000 · 51 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, April 4, 20231 event here
• Hail, March 30, 20231.5 in hail · 1 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, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 14, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20231 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
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, September 20, 2022$2.9 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2022$8.4 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 2022$384,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 2022EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 29, 2022$15,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 12, 2022$114,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, May 11, 2022$30,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 2022$15 million · 1 event here
• Wildfire, April 23, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 19, 20221 event here
• High Wind, April 13, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 20222.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202260 kt wind · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, March 29, 20221 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
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202267 kt wind · 1 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
• High Wind, November 11, 202164 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 2021$91,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 2021$97,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, September 16, 2021$2,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2021$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 28, 2021EF1 · 4 events here
• Hail, August 5, 2021$1,000 · 3.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2021$2.1 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2021$3.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 2021$1.6 million · 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
• Winter Weather, February 3, 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, 2020$10,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, October 24, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, October 22, 20201 event here
• Drought, October 6, 2020$270,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 27, 2020EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2020$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 6, 2020$13,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 11, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, March 19, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 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
• High Wind, October 21, 201953 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$25,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$592,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 10, 2019$10,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 28, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 2019$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 4 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
• Heat, June 28, 20191 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$41 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 29, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 10, 2019$296,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 13, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$660,000 · 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, December 1, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, November 28, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, October 14, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 28, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 4, 2018EF0 · 2 events here
• Heat, July 11, 20181 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, 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 16, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 10, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, 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
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 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 · 2 events here
• Hail, September 22, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 19, 20171.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 201756 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 12, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, February 23, 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 · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 10, 20161 event here
• Hail, May 25, 2016$45,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 26, 20161 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
• Blizzard, February 2, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, December 28, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, November 30, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 20, 20151 event here
• Tornado, August 9, 2015EF0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 5, 2015EF0 · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in McCook CountyEvery warning in McCook 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.