Tornado History Map

Aurora County, South Dakota tornado history

20 tornadoes recorded in or across Aurora County from 1966 to 2018, 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 Aurora County

The Storm Prediction Center records 20 tornadoes whose paths touched Aurora County, South Dakota between 1966 and 2018. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 5 May 2007. The most recent was on 4 August 2018.

  • 20tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 282per 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 Aurora County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01470%
F1 / EF1315%
F2 / EF2210%
F3 / EF315%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Aurora County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1970s.1960s31970s41980s41990s42000s22010s3

The 2010s only run to 2018, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s3
1970s4
1980s4
1990s4
2000s2
2010s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May3Jun9Jul4Aug3Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May3
Jun9
Jul4
Aug3
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Aurora County

  • Strongest: South Dakota tornado5 May 2007, EF3, 4 miles long
  • Longest path: South Dakota tornado20 June 1968, F2, 21.4 miles long
  • Most recent: South Dakota tornado4 August 2018, EF0, 2 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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