Severe Weather History


North Dakota Funnel Cloud History: 540 Recorded Events

540

Recorded events

53

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$0

Property damage

North Dakota funnel cloud history: 540 recorded events across 53 counties between 1997 and 2025.

Decade by decade

North Dakota funnel cloud history by decade

North Dakota funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade
North Dakota funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 299 reported funnel cloud events across North 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 funnel cloud events in North Dakota

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Grand Forks County420$02005–2022
#2Richland County340$01998–2021
#3Cass County340$01998–2024
#4Mountrail County250$01998–2025
#5Williams County170$02004–2024
#6Ward County170$02000–2025
#7Traill County160$01998–2020
#8Burleigh County150$02000–2025
#9McKenzie County150$02010–2024
#10McLean County140$01997–2024
#11Walsh County140$02008–2022
#12Morton County130$01998–2016
#13Pembina County130$02005–2024
#14Griggs County130$02001–2021
#15Sargent County120$01998–2021
#16Nelson County110$02007–2020
#17Stutsman County110$02001–2020
#18Cavalier County110$02007–2018
#19McHenry County100$02000–2020
#20Dickey County100$02009–2020
#21Ransom County100$01998–2020
#22Steele County90$02006–2021
#23Kidder County90$02001–2023
#24Wells County90$02010–2025
#25Stark County90$02000–2024
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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