South Dakota

Storm History: Todd County, South Dakota

490 episodes, 777 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Todd 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
777
Deaths
5
Injuries
8
Damage
$4.9 million
Episodes
490

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
Hail31001$864,000
Tornado12807$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind10000$120,000
High Wind8000
Winter Storm5400
Blizzard3050$475,000
Flash Flood2900$785,000
Heavy Snow1200
Winter Weather1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Cold/Wind Chill500
Flood500$600,000
Wildfire400$135,000
Ice Storm100$9,000
Funnel Cloud100
Heat100
Dust Devil100$2,000

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 Todd County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Todd CountyEvery warning in Todd 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.