Thunderstorm Wind in Todd County, South Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Todd County, South Dakota: 253 recorded events between 1960 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 84. That places the county #673 nationally and #14 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Todd County is the 2020s, when 89 of the county's 253 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Todd County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 44.6% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #673 for this hazard and #14 within South Dakota, putting it in the 78.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Todd County with 86 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

• Hail 251
• Tornado 40

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Todd County, South Dakota?

253 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Todd County between 1960 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Todd County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Todd County measured 84.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Todd County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.