Storm History: Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 905
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 69
- Damage
- $9.2 million
- Episodes
- 572
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 438 | 0 | 1 | $815,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 137 | 1 | 8 | $546,000 |
| Tornado | 71 | 1 | 57 | $3.6 million |
| High Wind | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 62 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Flash Flood | 33 | 0 | 2 | $2.5 million |
| Blizzard | 30 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | $620,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 2, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2026
- Blizzard, November 5, 2008
- Flood, March 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2013
- Blizzard, March 23, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2012
- Tornado, August 6, 2004
- Hail, June 21, 2013
- Hail, August 17, 2014
- Flood, May 21, 2019
- Hail, August 3, 2013
- Hail, August 11, 2012
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Tornado, June 7, 2005
- Tornado, May 5, 1993
- Blizzard, December 25, 2009
- Hail, August 26, 2014
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, August 17, 2014
- Hail, June 21, 2013
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Hail, April 22, 2022
- Hail, July 27, 2018
- Hail, July 20, 2005
- Hail, July 17, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 1, 1997
- Hail, July 1, 2024
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Hail, May 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2017
- Hail, August 7, 2011
- Hail, August 18, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 28, 2026
- Hail, June 27, 2026
- Hail, June 22, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2026
- Hail, May 30, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Hail, August 13, 2025
- Hail, August 4, 2025
- Hail, July 21, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2025
- Hail, July 9, 2025
- Hail, July 5, 2025
- Hail, July 1, 2025
- Hail, June 29, 2025
- Tornado, June 28, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Hail, April 27, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2024
- Hail, August 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2024
- Hail, August 11, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2024
- Hail, July 3, 2024
- Hail, July 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2024
- Hail, June 1, 2024
- Hail, June 1, 2024
- Hail, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2024
- High Wind, May 6, 2024
- Hail, April 25, 2024
- High Wind, April 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 30, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2023
- Hail, August 12, 2023
- Hail, August 12, 2023
- Hail, August 12, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2023
- Hail, July 30, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 23, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2023
- Hail, July 18, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Hail, June 27, 2023
- Hail, June 23, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2023
- Hail, May 30, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2023
- Blizzard, April 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2022
- Blizzard, December 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2022
- High Wind, November 7, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2022
- Hail, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2021
- High Wind, October 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2021
- Hail, July 16, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2021
- Winter Storm, April 6, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Blizzard, March 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Hail, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2020
- Hail, July 20, 2020
- Tornado, July 10, 2020
- Hail, July 9, 2020
- Hail, July 9, 2020
- Tornado, July 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2019
- Blizzard, November 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 9, 2019
- Hail, August 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2019
- Hail, August 4, 2019
- Hail, August 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2019
- Hail, July 14, 2019
- Hail, July 9, 2019
- Tornado, July 3, 2019
- Hail, July 3, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Hail, June 26, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2019
- Flood, May 21, 2019
- Blizzard, April 9, 2019
- Flood, March 17, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 30, 2018
- Blizzard, December 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2018
- Hail, August 15, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Hail, August 5, 2018
- Tornado, July 29, 2018
- Hail, July 27, 2018
- Hail, July 18, 2018
- Hail, July 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2018
- Hail, June 29, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2018
- Hail, May 23, 2018
- Blizzard, April 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2018
- High Wind, March 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Hail, August 26, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2017
- Hail, July 11, 2017
- Hail, June 27, 2017
- Tornado, June 12, 2017
- Hail, June 12, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 25, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2017
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 2016
- Blizzard, December 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2016
- Hail, September 4, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2016
- Hail, August 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2016
- Tornado, July 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2016
- Hail, July 3, 2016
- Flood, July 1, 2016
- Hail, June 28, 2016
- Hail, June 13, 2016
- Hail, May 24, 2016
- High Wind, April 5, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2015
- Hail, August 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2015
- Hail, July 25, 2015
- Hail, July 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2015
- Hail, June 24, 2015
- Hail, June 24, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Flood, June 18, 2015
- Hail, June 17, 2015
- Hail, June 17, 2015
- Flood, June 6, 2015
- Hail, June 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2015
- Hail, May 28, 2015
- Flood, May 24, 2015
- Hail, May 15, 2015
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Oglala Lakota CountyEvery warning in Oglala Lakota County since 1986Every county in South Dakota
Sources
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.