Storm History: Mellette County, South Dakota

Events

488

Deaths

1

Injuries

1

Damage

$1.5 million

Episodes

384

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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• Blizzard, December 12, 20221 death · 1 event here

• Blizzard, March 30, 2009$300,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 1974$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 20, 2000$200,000 · 58 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flood, June 5, 2008$100,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 5, 2008$100,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 23, 2009$100,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2007$75,000 · 70 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 20121 injured · $60,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 3, 1994$55,000 · 0.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 30, 2013$50,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 13, 2009$45,000 · EF0 · 7 events here
• Hail, August 17, 2011$40,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 4, 1973$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 24, 1986$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 1997$25,000 · 3 in hail · 6 events here
• Blizzard, December 25, 2009$25,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 2024$10,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 1994$5,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 1994$5,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 2000$5,000 · 3.25 in hail · 3 events here

• Tornado, July 20, 20254.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20204.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20134.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 20054.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 2000$5,000 · 3.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 1997$25,000 · 3 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, July 20, 20202.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 11, 20112.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 17, 2011$40,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 4, 20032.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 30, 20032.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20262.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20212.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20242 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20222 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, June 16, 1992F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 4, 1971F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1971F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 1974$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1992F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Mellette County, with its track

• Hail, June 28, 20262.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 202657 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20261.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, January 21, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 17, 202588 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 13, 202566 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 20, 20254.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20251.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF2 · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 29, 20251 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 6, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, March 4, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 18, 202463 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202461 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20242 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 29, 20241.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 202461 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 202494 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 2024$10,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 202464 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, February 15, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, September 20, 20231.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 27, 20231 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 18, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 202361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 30, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 3, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, March 30, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 3, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 12, 20221 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 8, 20221 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 5, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 202252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20221.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 24, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20222 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 12, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202271 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 4, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 20, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 14, 202262 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202169 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 9, 20211 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202176 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202171 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202168 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 202173 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 23, 20211 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 14, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20211.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 202172 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20212.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 202161 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 14, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 27, 20211 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 13, 202181 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 22, 202069 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, October 24, 20201 event here
• High Wind, October 14, 202062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20201.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 26, 20204.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 20, 20202.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 7, 20201 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20201 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 202080 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 11, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, March 13, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20201 event here
• High Wind, January 17, 202062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, November 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, October 9, 20191 event here
• Hail, September 1, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 25, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20192 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 17, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20191.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 30, 20191.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 27, 20191 event here
• Flood, May 21, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 9, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 17, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, March 8, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 6, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 5, 20191 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 201965 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 23, 20181 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 22, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 201852 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 201861 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 8, 20182 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 12, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 16, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, March 5, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, February 18, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 20, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20171.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 12, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 6, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 9, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, February 23, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, February 7, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20171 event here
• High Wind, December 25, 201660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 15, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, November 17, 20161 event here
• Hail, September 4, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 10, 20161.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 201667 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 18, 201672 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 6, 201668 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, December 1, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, November 30, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 201568 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 201561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 201570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, May 9, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, March 2, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, March 30, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 26, 201464 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 20, 201459 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 15, 201466 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Tornado, July 30, 2013$50,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 24, 20131.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20134.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 8, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 4, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 9, 20131 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 201271 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 2, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 20121 injured · $60,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 201253 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 201252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 5, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 4, 20121 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 26, 201270 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 26, 201155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 6, 201162 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 2, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 17, 2011$40,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 11, 20112.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 201161 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 14, 2011EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 201171 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20111 event here
• Flood, March 12, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, February 19, 20111 event here
• Flood, February 16, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, December 30, 20102 events here
• High Wind, October 26, 201061 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 8, 201061 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 11, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 3, 2010$1,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2010EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20101.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 201071 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 24, 201062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 201083 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, March 4, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 2009$25,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, September 8, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 12, 2009$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 13, 2009$45,000 · EF0 · 7 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20091.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 12, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 10, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, April 4, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, March 30, 2009$300,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 23, 2009$100,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 27, 20091 event here
• Flood, February 10, 20091 event here
• High Wind, January 12, 200971 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 13, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, November 5, 2008$100,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 200866 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 4, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 24, 200852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 26, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 5, 2008$100,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 10, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, March 30, 20081 event here
• Hail, August 10, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 5, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2007$75,000 · 70 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 20070.88 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20071.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 2007$5,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, May 21, 20071 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20071 event here

Earlier years, state by state:

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Tornadoes in Mellette CountyEvery warning in Mellette 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.