South Dakota tornado history

1,907 tornadoes in South Dakota from 1950 to 2025, killing 19 people. Choose a county to see every track on a map.

Brown County80 Lincoln County59 Minnehaha County52 Pennington County51 Hutchinson County48 Spink County48 Kingsbury County47 Meade County47 Turner County47 Charles Mix County44 Hand County43 McCook County43 Lyman County40 Todd County40 Beadle County39 Miner County38 Tripp County38 Clark County37 Perkins County36 Brookings County35 Deuel County35 Codington County34 Day County33 Fall River County33 Bennett County32 Clay County31 Edmunds County31 Roberts County31 Haakon County30 Walworth County30 Brule County29 Gregory County29 Dewey County28 Lake County28 Yankton County28 McPherson County27 Bon Homme County26 Douglas County25 Union County24 Ziebach County24 Corson County23 Davison County23 Grant County23 Hamlin County23 Marshall County23 Sanborn County23 Stanley County23 Faulk County22 Lawrence County22 Sully County22 Hanson County21 Oglala Lakota County21 Harding County20 Jackson County20 Potter County19 Aurora County17 Buffalo County17 Butte County17 Hughes County17 Campbell County16 Hyde County15 Custer County14 Jerauld County14 Mellette County11 Moody County11 Jones County8

By decade

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Deadliest tornadoes in South Dakota

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
May 30, 1998	F4	14 mi	1,150 yd	150	6
Jul 31, 1966	F3	26.4 mi	280 yd	4	2
Jun 21, 1961	F3	156.3 mi	10 yd	7	1
Jul 31, 1966	F2	2.3 mi	253 yd	3	1
Jul 1, 1973	F3	0.3 mi	30 yd	3	1
Jun 24, 1973	F2	0.1 mi	10 yd	1	1
Aug 30, 2020	EF2	1.6 mi	300 yd	0	1
Jun 7, 1965	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
Jul 14, 1970	F2	3.8 mi	10 yd	1	1
Jun 4, 1999	F2	15 mi	—	54	1