South Dakota

Storm History: Ziebach County, South Dakota

521 episodes, 738 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ziebach 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
738
Deaths
0
Injuries
7
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
521

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
Hail28900$995,000
High Wind12800$100
Thunderstorm Wind9005$37,000
Tornado6502$1.1 million
Winter Storm4600$50,000
Blizzard3400$7.6 million
Flash Flood3000$1.7 million
Flood1800$1.0 million
Winter Weather1400
Heavy Snow1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Cold/Wind Chill500
Wildfire100
Ice Storm100
Heat100

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 Ziebach County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Ziebach CountyEvery warning in Ziebach 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.