Tornado History Map

Haakon County, South Dakota tornado history

33 tornadoes recorded in or across Haakon County from 1952 to 2022, 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 Haakon County

The Storm Prediction Center records 33 tornadoes whose paths touched Haakon County, South Dakota between 1952 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 12 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 2 May 1964. The most recent was on 13 June 2022.

  • 33tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 182per 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 Haakon County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01752%
F1 / EF11133%
F2 / EF2515%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Haakon County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 1970s.1950s31960s51970s91980s41990s52000s22010s42020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s5
1970s9
1980s4
1990s5
2000s2
2010s4
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr0May10Jun7Jul12Aug3Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May10
Jun7
Jul12
Aug3
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Haakon County

  • Strongest: South Dakota tornado2 May 1964, F2, 14.8 miles long
  • Longest path: South Dakota tornado10 July 1969, F1, 27.5 miles long
  • Most recent: South Dakota tornado13 June 2022, EF0, 0 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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