Storm History: Todd County, South Dakota
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 310 | 0 | 1 | $864,000 |
| Tornado | 128 | 0 | 7 | $1.9 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 100 | 0 | 0 | $120,000 |
| High Wind | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 30 | 5 | 0 | $475,000 |
| Flash Flood | 29 | 0 | 0 | $785,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Wildfire | 4 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $9,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2004
- Flood, March 20, 2019
- Tornado, July 2, 1974
- Tornado, September 7, 1979
- Hail, August 15, 2004
- Blizzard, March 30, 2009
- Tornado, July 13, 2009
- Hail, July 20, 2005
- Wildfire, September 17, 2000
- Hail, March 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2011
- Blizzard, November 5, 2008
- Blizzard, March 23, 2009
- Flood, May 21, 2019
- Hail, July 22, 1997
- Hail, July 3, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2013
- Tornado, July 12, 1994
- Tornado, July 1, 1998
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, July 20, 2025
- Hail, August 26, 2020
- Hail, March 18, 2012
- Hail, July 20, 2005
- Hail, July 21, 2000
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Hail, June 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2011
- Hail, August 17, 2011
- Hail, June 30, 2003
- Hail, June 9, 1967
- Hail, July 5, 1965
- Hail, June 28, 2026
- Hail, April 15, 2024
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 28, 2026
- Hail, June 4, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Hail, August 13, 2025
- Hail, July 26, 2025
- Tornado, July 20, 2025
- Hail, July 9, 2025
- Tornado, June 28, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Hail, June 12, 2025
- Hail, April 27, 2025
- Tornado, April 27, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 29, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- Hail, August 26, 2024
- Hail, July 30, 2024
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Hail, June 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2024
- High Wind, May 6, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2024
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Hail, July 24, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2023
- Hail, July 18, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2023
- Hail, June 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2023
- Hail, June 20, 2023
- Hail, June 15, 2023
- Blizzard, April 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 30, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2022
- Blizzard, December 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- Hail, September 16, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2022
- Hail, August 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2022
- Hail, June 24, 2022
- Hail, June 11, 2022
- Hail, May 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2022
- High Wind, April 30, 2022
- High Wind, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- High Wind, March 20, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2022
- High Wind, February 8, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- High Wind, January 4, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- High Wind, October 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2021
- Hail, June 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Blizzard, March 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, November 8, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 24, 2020
- Hail, August 26, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2020
- Hail, July 10, 2020
- Tornado, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2020
- Hail, June 17, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2020
- Hail, June 7, 2020
- High Wind, June 7, 2020
- Hail, June 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- High Wind, May 9, 2020
- High Wind, April 28, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2020
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2020
- High Wind, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2019
- Blizzard, November 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 9, 2019
- Hail, September 10, 2019
- Hail, September 1, 2019
- Hail, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Hail, July 9, 2019
- Tornado, July 3, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2019
- Dust Devil, June 19, 2019
- Flood, May 21, 2019
- Hail, May 17, 2019
- Blizzard, April 9, 2019
- Flood, March 20, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2018
- Hail, July 27, 2018
- Hail, July 22, 2018
- Hail, July 18, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2018
- Hail, June 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2018
- Hail, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2018
- Blizzard, April 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- High Wind, December 12, 2017
- Hail, August 25, 2017
- Hail, August 15, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2017
- Hail, July 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 2016
- Blizzard, December 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2016
- High Wind, October 31, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2016
- Hail, August 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2016
- Hail, May 22, 2016
- Tornado, May 22, 2016
- High Wind, April 5, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2015
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- High Wind, October 11, 2015
- Hail, July 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2015
- Hail, May 2, 2015
- High Wind, March 28, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2015
- High Wind, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 14, 2014
- Hail, September 19, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2014
- Hail, June 13, 2014
- Hail, June 3, 2014
- Hail, June 3, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- High Wind, January 20, 2014
- High Wind, January 15, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- High Wind, December 28, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 2, 2013
- High Wind, October 11, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2013
- Hail, August 1, 2013
- Hail, August 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2013
- Tornado, July 30, 2013
- Hail, July 30, 2013
- Hail, July 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2013
- Hail, May 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 8, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2013
- High Wind, March 4, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2013
- Blizzard, February 9, 2013
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Hail, August 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2012
- Hail, June 19, 2012
- Hail, June 19, 2012
- Hail, May 21, 2012
- High Wind, May 10, 2012
- High Wind, March 26, 2012
- Hail, March 18, 2012
- High Wind, February 25, 2012
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 6, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 6, 2011
- High Wind, October 6, 2011
- High Wind, September 19, 2011
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Hail, August 17, 2011
- Hail, August 17, 2011
- Hail, August 7, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
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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.