16,851
Recorded events
66
Counties affected
0
Direct deaths
$179.8M
Property damage
South Dakota hail history: 16,851 recorded events across 66 counties between 1955 and 2026.
Decade by decade
South Dakota hail history by decade
The 2000s are the busiest decade on record with 6,234 reported hail events across South Dakota. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.
County ranking
Counties with the most hail events in South Dakota
| Rank | County | Events | Deaths | Damage | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennington County | 1,614 | 0 | $67.6M | 1955–2025 |
| #2 | Meade County | 871 | 0 | $3.6M | 1955–2025 |
| #3 | Custer County | 682 | 0 | $4.6M | 1955–2025 |
| #4 | Lawrence County | 533 | 0 | $7.8M | 1956–2025 |
| #5 | Minnehaha County | 494 | 0 | $32.5M | 1956–2026 |
| #6 | Brown County | 437 | 0 | $6K | 1959–2025 |
| #7 | Fall River County | 376 | 0 | $2.7M | 1959–2025 |
| #8 | Harding County | 357 | 0 | $251K | 1962–2025 |
| #9 | Perkins County | 337 | 0 | $2.0M | 1957–2025 |
| #10 | Oglala Lakota County | 326 | 0 | $606K | 1980–2025 |
| #11 | Hand County | 321 | 0 | $1.0M | 1965–2024 |
| #12 | Corson County | 310 | 0 | $50K | 1962–2025 |
| #13 | Butte County | 310 | 0 | $4.2M | 1957–2025 |
| #14 | Jackson County | 292 | 0 | $1.1M | 1962–2025 |
| #15 | Charles Mix County | 290 | 0 | $2.0M | 1958–2025 |
| #16 | Edmunds County | 289 | 0 | $0 | 1960–2025 |
| #17 | Beadle County | 286 | 0 | $78K | 1958–2025 |
| #18 | Tripp County | 282 | 0 | $741K | 1957–2025 |
| #19 | Dewey County | 263 | 0 | $0 | 1957–2025 |
| #20 | Spink County | 261 | 0 | $0 | 1956–2025 |
| #21 | Yankton County | 252 | 0 | $10.5M | 1956–2025 |
| #22 | Todd County | 251 | 0 | $423K | 1956–2025 |
| #23 | Gregory County | 246 | 0 | $3.0M | 1957–2025 |
| #24 | Lyman County | 234 | 0 | $0 | 1957–2025 |
| #25 | Clark County | 233 | 0 | $60K | 1963–2025 |