Storm History: Yankton County, South Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Yankton 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
- 878
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $149 million
- Episodes
- 677
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 | 265 | 0 | 0 | $3.7 million |
| Tornado | 92 | 0 | 1 | $5.9 million |
| Flood | 75 | 0 | 0 | $57 million |
| Drought | 58 | 0 | 0 | $64 million |
| Flash Flood | 54 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 53 | 0 | 1 | $964,000 |
| Winter Storm | 52 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Winter Weather | 51 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blizzard | 46 | 0 | 0 | $91,000 |
| High Wind | 45 | 0 | 0 | $182,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 1 | 1 | $17,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2009
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Tornado, June 7, 1965
- Tornado, June 19, 1979
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2020
- Flood, September 1, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, October 6, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2023
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, August 21, 2007
- Hail, September 2, 1995
- Hail, June 13, 1981
- Hail, May 1, 2008
- Hail, August 8, 2009
- Hail, July 7, 1991
- Hail, August 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Hail, April 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2020
- Hail, June 29, 2017
- Hail, July 26, 2014
- Hail, June 16, 2006
- Hail, May 7, 1986
- Hail, July 3, 1969
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 7, 1965
- Tornado, June 18, 1954
- Tornado, May 30, 1959
- Tornado, May 24, 1965
- Tornado, July 9, 1971
- Tornado, June 16, 1992
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Tornado, May 5, 1964
- Tornado, June 9, 1968
- Tornado, July 14, 1970
- Tornado, July 18, 1970
- Tornado, August 5, 1972
- Tornado, September 20, 1972
- Tornado, April 19, 1973
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 29, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, May 24, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 24, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, January 18, 2026
- High Wind, January 16, 2026
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Tornado, July 28, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2025
- Hail, July 15, 2025
- Hail, July 7, 2025
- Hail, June 28, 2025
- Hail, June 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- Hail, June 16, 2025
- High Wind, May 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2025
- Hail, April 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- High Wind, February 28, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- High Wind, December 9, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- High Wind, November 19, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Heat, August 5, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2024
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 13, 2024
- Flood, July 1, 2024
- Flood, June 20, 2024
- High Wind, June 6, 2024
- High Wind, May 21, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Strong Wind, December 8, 2023
- Winter Weather, October 28, 2023
- Heat, September 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Tornado, August 10, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2023
- Hail, July 21, 2023
- Hail, July 12, 2023
- Hail, July 10, 2023
- Tornado, July 3, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 24, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Flood, May 1, 2023
- High Wind, April 30, 2023
- Flood, April 28, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2023
- Blizzard, February 21, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2022
- Hail, August 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 25, 2022
- Hail, June 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 30, 2022
- Tornado, May 29, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Hail, May 11, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Hail, April 28, 2022
- Wildfire, April 23, 2022
- Tornado, April 22, 2022
- Hail, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 29, 2022
- High Wind, March 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Hail, September 16, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2021
- Blizzard, January 14, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 24, 2020
- Drought, October 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2020
- Flood, July 1, 2020
- Flood, June 9, 2020
- Flood, June 9, 2020
- Flood, May 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2020
- Flood, April 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2020
- Flood, March 5, 2020
- Flood, March 1, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Blizzard, December 28, 2019
- Flood, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Flood, November 25, 2019
- Flood, October 22, 2019
- Flood, October 1, 2019
- Flood, September 11, 2019
- Flood, September 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2019
- Flood, August 1, 2019
- Flood, July 9, 2019
- Heat, June 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2019
- Heat, June 28, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2018
- Winter Weather, October 14, 2018
- Flood, September 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2018
- Heat, July 11, 2018
- Heat, July 3, 2018
- Flood, June 26, 2018
- Flood, April 29, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2018
- Flood, March 16, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2017
- Hail, August 21, 2017
- Hail, June 29, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Hail, June 12, 2017
- Hail, April 15, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Blizzard, November 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2016
- Hail, August 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Yankton CountyEvery warning in Yankton 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.