NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
South Dakota Hurricane and Tornado History
Every city, with the storms and tornadoes that came near it.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
South Dakota has 1,945 tornadoes on record since 1950, 68 of them EF3 or stronger, with 17 deaths. No hurricane has passed within 75 miles of any city in the state; the most tornado-prone is Parker (158).
- Cities
- 61
- Tornadoes in state
- 1,945
- EF3 or stronger
- 68
- Tornado deaths
- 17
since 1950
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South Dakota cities
| City | Hurricanes | Tropical storms | Tornadoes | EF3+ | Last storm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls | 0 | 0 | 134 | 2 | — |
| Rapid City | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | — |
| Aberdeen | 0 | 0 | 93 | 6 | — |
| Watertown | 0 | 0 | 86 | 4 | — |
| Brookings | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5 | — |
| Yankton | 0 | 0 | 114 | 11 | — |
| Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 97 | 6 | — |
| Pierre | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | — |
| Spearfish | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | — |
| Huron | 0 | 0 | 64 | 5 | — |
| Vermillion | 0 | 0 | 122 | 9 | — |
| Brandon | 0 | 0 | 123 | 2 | — |
| Box Elder | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | — |
| Sturgis | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | — |
| Harrisburg | 0 | 0 | 148 | 4 | — |
| Belle Fourche | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | — |
| Madison | 0 | 0 | 99 | 9 | — |
| Dakota Dunes | 0 | 0 | 111 | 10 | — |
| Tea | 0 | 0 | 150 | 5 | — |
| Black Hawk | 0 | 0 | 53 | 2 | — |
| Hartford | 0 | 0 | 132 | 8 | — |
| Hot Springs | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — |
| Custer | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | — |
| Dell Rapids | 0 | 0 | 93 | 6 | — |
| Pine Ridge | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | — |
| Sisseton | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | — |
| Milbank | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2 | — |
| Canton | 0 | 0 | 148 | 3 | — |
| Winner | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | — |
| Piedmont | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | — |
| Beresford | 0 | 0 | 149 | 6 | — |
| Lennox | 0 | 0 | 153 | 5 | — |
| Eagle Butte | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | — |
| Lead | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4 | — |
| Mission | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | — |
| Mobridge | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | — |
| Wagner | 0 | 0 | 72 | 5 | — |
| Chamberlain | 0 | 0 | 63 | 3 | — |
| Volga | 0 | 0 | 88 | 7 | — |
| Elk Point | 0 | 0 | 105 | 7 | — |
| Flandreau | 0 | 0 | 64 | 4 | — |
| Redfield | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1 | — |
| Ellsworth Afb | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | — |
| Fort Pierre | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | — |
| Parkston | 0 | 0 | 100 | 6 | — |
| Garretson | 0 | 0 | 96 | 4 | — |
| Webster | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | — |
| Platte | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | — |
| Ipswich | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | — |
| Kyle | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | — |
| Springfield | 0 | 0 | 88 | 7 | — |
| Freeman | 0 | 0 | 98 | 8 | — |
| Oglala | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | — |
| Baltic | 0 | 0 | 104 | 6 | — |
| Rosebud | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1 | — |
| Hermosa | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | — |
| Parker | 0 | 0 | 158 | 9 | — |
| Whitewood | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | — |
| Groton | 0 | 0 | 91 | 6 | — |
| Martin | 0 | 0 | 58 | 2 | — |
| Lake Andes | 0 | 0 | 73 | 5 | — |
Hail in South Dakota
Tornado season brings hail too. Radar-estimated hail days for South Dakota since 2019, with sizes and a map of each storm's swath.