Tornado History Map

Hyde County, South Dakota tornado history

18 tornadoes recorded in or across Hyde County from 1963 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 Hyde County

The Storm Prediction Center records 18 tornadoes whose paths touched Hyde County, South Dakota between 1963 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is August, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 5 August 1968. The most recent was on 7 June 2020.

  • 18tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 209per 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 Hyde County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01478%
F1 / EF1422%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Hyde County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1960s41970s21980s21990s12000s32010s52020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1960s4
1970s2
1980s2
1990s1
2000s3
2010s5
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May4Jun5Jul1Aug8Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun5
Jul1
Aug8
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Hyde County

  • Strongest and Longest path: South Dakota tornado5 August 1968, F1, 3.6 miles long
  • Most recent: South Dakota tornado7 June 2020, EF1, 0.4 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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