Storm History: Stanley County, South Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Stanley 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
- 703
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 522
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 | 220 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 101 | 0 | 7 | $10 million |
| High Wind | 78 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 37 | 0 | 0 | $62,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 24 | 0 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| Winter Storm | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $144,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, July 6, 1994
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2016
- Tornado, July 13, 1995
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2008
- Tornado, August 24, 1960
- Tornado, August 8, 1969
- Flash Flood, September 2, 1999
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2024
- Tornado, July 8, 1973
- Tornado, May 7, 1975
- Tornado, September 24, 1986
- Tornado, July 20, 1982
- Tornado, July 21, 1982
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 11, 2003
- Hail, June 23, 2002
- Hail, July 5, 2022
- Hail, June 30, 1997
- Hail, August 27, 2018
- Hail, July 8, 2009
- Hail, August 26, 2020
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- Hail, June 21, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2006
- Hail, June 19, 1997
- Hail, June 21, 1995
- Hail, May 30, 1991
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 8, 1965
- Tornado, June 20, 1968
- Tornado, August 3, 1981
- Tornado, August 24, 1960
- Tornado, May 2, 1964
- Tornado, June 8, 1964
- Tornado, July 14, 1969
- Tornado, August 8, 1969
- Tornado, July 8, 1973
- Tornado, May 19, 1974
- Tornado, September 7, 1979
- Tornado, July 11, 1987
- Tornado, June 30, 1992
- Tornado, June 12, 2022
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 9, 2026
- Wildfire, March 12, 2026
- Blizzard, February 17, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Blizzard, November 25, 2025
- High Wind, October 20, 2025
- Flood, September 18, 2025
- Hail, July 26, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2025
- Hail, July 20, 2025
- Hail, July 14, 2025
- Hail, June 16, 2025
- High Wind, May 15, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Drought, March 25, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, February 24, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- High Wind, September 12, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2024
- Tornado, June 27, 2024
- Hail, May 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2024
- High Wind, May 5, 2024
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- High Wind, December 4, 2023
- Hail, September 20, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Hail, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 26, 2023
- Tornado, July 18, 2023
- Hail, June 23, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2023
- Blizzard, March 31, 2023
- Blizzard, February 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 14, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2022
- Ice Storm, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, October 24, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- High Wind, October 12, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2022
- High Wind, July 19, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2022
- Hail, July 5, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 24, 2022
- Hail, June 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, June 12, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2022
- High Wind, January 4, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 5, 2021
- High Wind, November 17, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Tornado, October 13, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- High Wind, September 19, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2021
- Hail, August 14, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Wildfire, July 24, 2021
- Hail, July 5, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- High Wind, April 12, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Drought, February 23, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, October 31, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 24, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 21, 2020
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Hail, August 26, 2020
- Hail, August 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2020
- Hail, July 2, 2020
- Hail, June 21, 2020
- Tornado, June 7, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2020
- High Wind, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, October 10, 2019
- Hail, August 25, 2019
- Tornado, August 15, 2019
- Tornado, August 9, 2019
- Hail, July 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 31, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Blizzard, April 11, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 23, 2019
- Flood, March 22, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- High Wind, October 3, 2018
- Hail, August 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Hail, June 29, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2018
- Flood, June 10, 2018
- High Wind, June 5, 2018
- High Wind, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Blizzard, December 4, 2017
- High Wind, October 26, 2017
- Drought, October 1, 2017
- Drought, September 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Hail, July 5, 2017
- Drought, July 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2017
- Hail, June 22, 2017
- Drought, June 6, 2017
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2017
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2016
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2016
- Hail, September 4, 2016
- High Wind, August 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2016
- Hail, August 8, 2016
- Hail, August 2, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2016
- Tornado, July 16, 2016
- Hail, July 9, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Hail, July 4, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2016
- Hail, June 28, 2016
- Hail, June 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2016
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- High Wind, February 7, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2015
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- High Wind, October 11, 2015
- Hail, September 7, 2015
- High Wind, August 22, 2015
- Hail, August 8, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2015
- Hail, July 21, 2015
- Hail, July 4, 2015
- Hail, June 21, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2015
- Hail, April 23, 2015
- High Wind, March 29, 2015
- Blizzard, March 3, 2015
- Tornado, June 21, 2014
- Tornado, June 18, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- High Wind, January 25, 2014
- High Wind, January 20, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2013
- High Wind, October 11, 2013
- Blizzard, October 4, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Hail, May 18, 2013
- Hail, May 17, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 8, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 10, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 24, 2012
- Hail, July 20, 2012
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Stanley CountyEvery warning in Stanley 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.