Storm History: McPherson County, South Dakota

Events

650

Deaths

4

Injuries

7

Damage

$8.7 million

Episodes

460

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, July 31, 19662 deaths · 4 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 9, 19971 death · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 21, 20101 death · 2 injured · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$4.9 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2016$270,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 1961$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 31, 19662 deaths · 4 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 10, 1977$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$68,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 2018$54,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, August 11, 2008$40,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 7, 1961$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 6, 1962$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 1963$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 1994$5,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 28, 1993$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 11, 2020$1,000 · 68 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 1, 1966$30 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 8, 1991$30 · F1 · 1 event here

• Hail, June 23, 20024.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20024.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20074.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 24, 20064.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 26, 20184 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, August 27, 19833 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 20162.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20132.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20092.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20032.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 28, 1993$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 19, 19862.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 19702.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, June 23, 2002F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 22, 2010EF4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 31, 19662 deaths · 4 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 24, 20061 injured · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 1961$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 7, 1961$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 6, 1962$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1971F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 10, 1977$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1978F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 2001F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 4, 2020EF2 · 12 events here

Every tornado in McPherson County, with its track

• Tornado, June 9, 20261 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 202656 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 20261 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, April 22, 202662 kt wind · 5 events here
• High Wind, April 8, 202657 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20261 event here
• Wildfire, March 12, 202670 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20261 event here
• High Wind, January 15, 202662 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 17, 202572 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 9, 202567 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 4, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 15, 202564 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 28, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• Drought, March 25, 20251 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20241 event here
• Tornado, June 27, 2024EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 202478 kt wind · 5 events here
• High Wind, April 6, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 202352 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 2, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 20231 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, April 9, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, April 4, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20231 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 1, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 22, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 14, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20231 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 16, 20231 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 14, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Ice Storm, November 9, 20221 event here
• High Wind, November 6, 202257 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20221 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20221.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20221.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 24, 20222.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20221.75 in hail · 7 events here
• High Wind, April 12, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 20, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• High Wind, February 1, 202258 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 18, 202256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20211 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202156 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 17, 202154 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 23, 20211.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 202165 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20211 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 202174 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202163 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• Freezing Fog, February 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 14, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 22, 202060 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 21, 20201 event here
• Hail, August 11, 2020$1,000 · 68 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 25, 20201.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 24, 202051 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 202066 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, July 7, 202069 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flood, July 6, 20201 event here
• Flood, July 4, 20201.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 4, 2020EF2 · 12 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2020EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 2020EF1 · 6 events here
• Winter Weather, April 9, 20201 event here
• Hail, April 6, 20201.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 27, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 10, 20191 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20192 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$4.9 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$68,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 22, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 6, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Hail, September 9, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20184 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 201852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 201883 kt wind · 4 events here
• High Wind, June 29, 201856 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 2018$54,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, May 7, 20181.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 8, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 2, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20171 event here
• High Wind, November 29, 201759 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201754 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 19, 2017EF1 · 4 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20172.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 201751 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, June 6, 20171 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 12, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 201764 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 30, 201751 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 20171 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2016$270,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20161.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 10, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20162.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, August 2, 20161.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20162.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 16, 2016EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 201665 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 30, 20162 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 13, 20161 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 201661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201567 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 11, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 24, 2015EF0 · 8 events here
• Hail, July 23, 20151.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2015EF0 · 12 events here
• Hail, June 27, 20151.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, January 16, 20151 event here
• High Wind, January 8, 201560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 9, 20141 event here
• Tornado, September 30, 2014EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 20, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2014EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 2014EF1 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• High Wind, February 13, 201452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 25, 201461 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 201460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 201361 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20132.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 13, 20131 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, March 18, 20131 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 18, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 10, 20131 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20131 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, December 9, 20121 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20121 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 201267 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, June 19, 20121.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20122.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 22, 20121.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 28, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 7, 201159 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 20, 201165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20111.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 20111 event here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, June 20, 20111 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 201160 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, February 20, 20111 event here

Earlier years, state by state:

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Tornadoes in McPherson CountyEvery warning in McPherson 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.