Tornado History Map

Dickey County, North Dakota tornado history

36 tornadoes recorded in or across Dickey County from 1957 to 2020, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Dickey County

The Storm Prediction Center records 36 tornadoes whose paths touched Dickey County, North Dakota between 1957 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 15 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 20 May 1965. The most recent was on 20 June 2020.

  • 36tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 318per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Dickey County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02569%
F1 / EF1411%
F2 / EF2411%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating26%

Dickey County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2000s.1950s21960s61970s51980s11990s72000s92010s42020s2

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s6
1970s5
1980s1
1990s7
2000s9
2010s4
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May7Jun15Jul11Aug3Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May7
Jun15
Jul11
Aug3
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Dickey County

  • Strongest: South Dakota tornado20 May 1965, F3, 3.8 miles long
  • Longest path: North Dakota tornado24 May 2008, EF0, 7.9 miles long
  • Most recent: North Dakota tornado20 June 2020, Unknown rating, 0.3 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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