Storm History: Potter County, South Dakota

Events

559

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$15 million

Episodes

435

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.

Open the live radar over Potter County

None recorded.

• Flood, June 1, 2019$12 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Flood, April 9, 2023$300,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$110,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 1981$50,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 18, 1964$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 22, 1965$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 21, 1995$25,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 2, 1999$14,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 1995$7,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 1955$5,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Hail, July 10, 1994$5,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here

• Hail, June 23, 20024.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20074.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, August 24, 20064.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 6, 20193 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, August 28, 20113 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20093 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 9, 19793 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 20162.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20082.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 20062.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 21, 1995$7,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 3 events here

• Tornado, May 8, 1965F5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 3, 1981$50,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 1955$5,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 21, 1956F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 25, 1960F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 1964$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 22, 1966F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 1970F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 10, 1977F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1978F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 19, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 19, 1983F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 5, 1987F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 2001F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 2010EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Potter County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 202660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 22, 202662 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 8, 202657 kt wind · 1 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 21, 202666 kt wind · 1 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
• Heavy Snow, November 28, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, November 25, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 4, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 202561 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 26, 20251.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 26, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 27, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20251.25 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 8, 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
• High Wind, April 13, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• High Wind, March 14, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20251 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20251 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 19, 202459 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20241.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 202495 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 27, 2024EF0 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 202470 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, June 5, 202453 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 24, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20241.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 15, 20241 in hail · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 30, 20231.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20231.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Dense Smoke, May 17, 20231 event here
• Flood, April 9, 2023$300,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 22, 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
• 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
• Ice Storm, November 9, 20221 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20221 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20222 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 202261 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20221.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 7, 2022EF0 · 3 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20221 event here
• Tornado, April 22, 2022EF0 · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 12, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202257 kt wind · 1 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 13, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, September 19, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 23, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, June 13, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 202174 kt wind · 1 event 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
• Drought, February 23, 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
• High Wind, November 8, 202056 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 31, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 24, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 21, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 10, 20202 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 4, 2020EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 8, 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, August 6, 20193 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, July 16, 20192 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 2, 20191.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$12 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$110,000 · 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
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 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
• High Wind, January 27, 201963 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Hail, September 9, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 23, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 201883 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20181.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, March 5, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 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
• Drought, October 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, August 25, 20170.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20172.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20171 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, June 6, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 201764 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 20171 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 16, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 10, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 30, 20162.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20161.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 201661 kt wind · 1 event 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 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 201568 kt wind · 3 events here
• Wildfire, April 1, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20151 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2014EF0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 18, 2014EF1 · 2 events here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 25, 201461 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 201460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 27, 20131 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20131 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 21, 201363 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 201370 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 13, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 8, 20131 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, March 1, 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
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, December 9, 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
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20122.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 1, 20120.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 28, 20121 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 22, 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
• Hail, August 28, 20113 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 18, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 26, 2011EF0 · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 20111 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20111.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 20, 20111 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 2011EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20112.5 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 30, 201160 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20111 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20111 event here
• Flood, March 15, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, February 20, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, January 1, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, December 31, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 30, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 21, 20101 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201065 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 2010EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20102 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2010EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20101.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 13, 201061 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 20101 event here

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Tornadoes in Potter CountyEvery warning in Potter 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.