South Dakota

Storm History: Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota

572 episodes, 905 events since 1956

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail43801$815,000
Thunderstorm Wind13718$546,000
Tornado71157$3.6 million
High Wind6700
Winter Storm6200$5,000
Flash Flood3302$2.5 million
Blizzard3000$1.1 million
Heavy Snow2200
Winter Weather1600
Flood1300$620,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Cold/Wind Chill400
Wildfire300
Lightning111$1,000
Heat100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Oglala Lakota County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.