NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Huron, SD
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Huron, South Dakota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 64 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 64
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Huron
The highest rating among the 64 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 18, 2014, came within 16 miles. Of the 64, 10 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 26 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 35. The most recent tornado was on June 20, 2022. Of the 61 South Dakota cities on this site, 49% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Huron. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 116 times since 1958, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Huron has more hail reports within 10 miles than 55% of the 61 South Dakota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Huron
By decade
- 2020s3
- 2010s5(1 EF3+)
- 2000s18(4 EF3+)
- 1990s9
- 1980s6
- 1970s11
- 1960s9
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2014 | EF4 | 16 mi | 11.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 24, 2003 | F4 | 23 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F3 | 5 mi | 24.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 24, 2003 | F3 | 9 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 2003 | F3 | 21 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F2 | 4 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 2003 | F2 | 16 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 7, 1993 | F2 | 23 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1973 | F2 | 12 mi | 20.1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 19, 1972 | F2 | 17 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 20, 1965 | F2 | 16 mi | 10.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 7, 1962 | F2 | 15 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 64, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Huron
The Storm Prediction Center has 116 hail reports within 10 miles of Huron since 1958, made on 79 separate days. Of these, 63 were 1 inch across or larger, and 6 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on June 14, 1970. The most recent report is from April 28, 2025. June has the most reports, 37.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Huron
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Huron Regional Airport, SD, 2 miles northwest of Huron at 1,280 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 26°F and 6°F. June is the wettest at 3.9 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 23.5 inches over 46 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 22 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 167 nights a year. Snowfall averages 44.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 23.5 inches is more than at 22 of the 43 South Dakota stations used on this site (51%). Redfield, 37 miles northwest, has its own station (Redfield, SD): 22.9 inches a year, 0.6 less than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | 6 | 0.6 | 2 | 7.8 |
| Feb | 31 | 10 | 0.8 | 2 | 8.9 |
| Mar | 44 | 22 | 1.2 | 3 | 6.6 |
| Apr | 58 | 34 | 2.5 | 5 | 5.5 |
| May | 70 | 46 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 80 | 57 | 3.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 62 | 2.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 83 | 59 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 76 | 50 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 60 | 36 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.4 |
| Nov | 44 | 22 | 0.8 | 2 | 5.8 |
| Dec | 30 | 11 | 0.7 | 2 | 8.4 |
| Year | 57 | 34 | 23.5 | 46 | 44.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Huron Regional Airport, SD (1,280 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Huron
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 107 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Huron: 98 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 floods and 4 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $3.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on July 5, 2022.
August 24, 1998: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Huron — $1.0 million damage.
August 28, 2002: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Huron — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds destroyed a car wash, blew the roof off a recreation center and bowling alley with resulting damage to the inside, and damaged an apartment building and former restaurant. The winds also caused tree damage, including large trees blown down, and blew down power poles and lines.”
June 10, 2023: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Huron — $220,000 damage.
NWS: “Runoff from very heavy rainfall was flowing over 213th Street between 404th and 405th Avenue. Rainfall amounts in the immediate area ranged from 5 to 7 inches in less than two hours.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Huron's ZIP code 57350 have filed 23 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $333,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1997: 12 claims (52% of all) and $176,000. 57% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 28 South Dakota cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 10 have fewer than Huron.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1997 | 12 | $176,000 |
Beadle County, which includes Huron, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 floods, 8 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Beadle County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail; Relatively Low for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $16.4 million a year, the 13th highest of 66 South Dakota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.4 million (39%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cities near Huron
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