Storm History: Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Events

1,554

Deaths

15

Injuries

127

Damage

$143 million

Episodes

904

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, June 11, 19842 deaths · F2 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, November 10, 20202 deaths · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Hail, May 12, 20222 deaths · 1 in hail · 12 events here
• Tornado, May 7, 19931 death · 1 injured · $1.5 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Dense Fog, September 8, 19971 death · 2 injured · $20,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 5, 20191 death · 5 injured · $3,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 20, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 9, 20111 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 16, 20181 death · 4 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 28, 20181 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 21, 20221 death · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 death · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$28 million · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 9, 2013$20 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 2001$16 million · F0 · 24 events here
• Flash Flood, June 16, 2004$10 million · 1 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20131 injured · $5.3 million · 2.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, May 22, 1993$5.0 million · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 1979$5.0 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 2001$5.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 2023$4.9 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 1997$4.0 million · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 10, 20191 injured · $3.9 million · EF2 · 9 events here
• Tornado, June 5, 2014$3.0 million · EF0 · 10 events here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 1992$2.5 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 24, 2003$2.5 million · F1 · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2021$1.9 million · 1 event here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$1.6 million · 13 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2015$1.5 million · 87 kt wind · 8 events here
• Tornado, May 7, 19931 death · 1 injured · $1.5 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$1.5 million · 12 events here

• Hail, July 13, 1997$4.0 million · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 13, 19814.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 1, 20084.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 8, 20094 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 5, 2021$771,000 · 3.5 in hail · 14 events here
• Hail, July 7, 19913.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 27, 19833 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 19603 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20232.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 20222.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 12, 19942.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 19902.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 16, 19862.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 12, 19802.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 19692.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 8, 1965F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 7, 19931 death · 1 injured · $1.5 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 21, 1961$250,000 · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 21, 1962$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 1965F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 15, 1970F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 1, 1973$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 1981F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 1992$2.5 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 2007EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 19842 deaths · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 8, 1956F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 1962$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 22, 1964F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 9, 1968F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Minnehaha County, with its track

• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20261 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 202678 kt wind · 5 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20261 event here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 20261 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 2026EF1 · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 20261 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20262 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 17, 20261.75 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, May 14, 202655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Hail, April 13, 20261.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, March 15, 202651 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 12, 202666 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, March 10, 20261 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 28, 202557 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
• Winter Weather, November 8, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, September 16, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 15, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 8, 20251 event here
• Hail, August 5, 20251.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 202574 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 2025EF2 · 4 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 202565 kt wind · 7 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 15, 20251.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20251 in hail · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 202565 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20250.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 19, 202563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 6, 20251 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
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 death · 1 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
• Winter Weather, November 27, 20241 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
• Heat, August 5, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 31, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 29, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 13, 20241 event here
• Flood, July 1, 20243 events here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 20241 event here
• Flood, June 20, 2024$939,000 · 12 events here
• High Wind, June 6, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 21, 20241 injured · 62 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 202465 kt wind · 5 events 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 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$4.9 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, 20231.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20232.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 12, 20231.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 3, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 202370 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, May 4, 20230.88 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 30, 202351 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, April 9, 20235 events here
• Flood, April 8, 20231 event here
• Flood, April 2, 20231 event here
• Hail, March 30, 20231.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 28, 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, 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
• Ice Storm, December 12, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, November 28, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, August 7, 20223 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2022$771,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, July 5, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 2022$20,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2022EF1 · 11 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 2022$77,000 · EF1 · 16 events here
• Tornado, May 29, 2022EF1 · 11 events here
• Hail, May 28, 20222.5 in hail · 15 events here
• Hail, May 12, 20222 deaths · 1 in hail · 12 events here
• Wildfire, April 23, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 23, 20221.75 in hail · 2 events 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 death · 1 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
• 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, 2021$56,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 2021$120,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, September 16, 2021$510,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Drought, September 1, 2021$357,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 28, 2021EF1 · 7 events here
• Hail, August 5, 2021$771,000 · 3.5 in hail · 14 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2021$308,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20211.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 5, 20211 in hail · 7 events here
• Drought, July 1, 2021$1.9 million · 1 event here
• Drought, June 8, 2021$489,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 5, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, March 14, 20211 event here
• Drought, March 1, 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, 202011 injured · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, November 10, 20202 deaths · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 2020$9,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, October 24, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, October 22, 20201 event here
• Drought, October 1, 2020$6,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 15, 2020$615,000 · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, June 26, 20201 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20201 in hail · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, June 19, 20201 event here
• Flood, June 9, 2020$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 11, 20201 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20203 events here
• Flood, March 27, 20203 events here
• Winter Weather, March 19, 20201 event here
• Flood, March 5, 20203 events 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
• Winter Weather, January 12, 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, 20195 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 5, 20191 death · 5 injured · $3,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 21, 201953 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, October 1, 2019$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 11, 2019$250,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$1.6 million · 13 events here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$1.1 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 10, 20191 injured · $3.9 million · EF2 · 9 events here
• Flood, August 18, 20191 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20192 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 15, 20191.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Funnel Cloud, August 12, 20191 event here
• Flood, August 1, 20191 event here
• Hail, July 20, 201965 kt wind · 6 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 2019$2,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Flood, July 17, 20191 event here
• Flood, July 9, 20194 events here
• Hail, July 1, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Heat, June 30, 20191 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20191 event here
• Flood, June 27, 20192 events here
• Flash Flood, June 27, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20190.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, June 1, 20195 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$28 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 24, 20193 events here
• Flood, May 1, 20196 events here
• Flood, April 16, 20192 events here
• Blizzard, April 10, 2019$735,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 6, 20192 events here
• Flood, April 1, 20196 events here
• Flood, March 17, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$1.5 million · 12 events here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 9, 20192 injured · 1 event here
• Flood, March 9, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, March 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 3, 20191 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, December 31, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, December 26, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, November 28, 20181 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 16, 20181 death · 4 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, October 14, 20181 event here
• Flood, October 10, 20181 event here
• Flood, October 10, 20181 event here
• Flood, September 20, 20188 events here
• Flood, September 20, 20182 events here
• Hail, August 28, 20181.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Flash Flood, August 19, 20184 events here
• Flash Flood, August 14, 20183 events here
• Tornado, August 4, 2018EF0 · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 201854 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 30, 2018EF0 · 4 events here
• Flood, July 19, 20182 events here
• Heat, July 11, 20181 event here
• Flood, July 2, 20182 events here
• Flood, July 1, 20181 event here
• Flood, June 21, 20182 events here

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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.