South Dakota

Storm History: Stanley County, South Dakota

522 episodes, 703 events since 1960

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.

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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
Hail22004
Tornado10107$10 million
High Wind7800
Thunderstorm Wind6200
Drought4900
Blizzard4200
Flash Flood3700$62,000
Heavy Snow2800
Flood2400$2.9 million
Winter Storm2300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1900
Excessive Heat800
Cold/Wind Chill300
Wildfire300
Heat200
Ice Storm200$144,000
Strong Wind100
Winter Weather100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Stanley County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.