Tornado History Map

Tripp County, South Dakota tornado history

41 tornadoes recorded in or across Tripp 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 Tripp County

The Storm Prediction Center records 41 tornadoes whose paths touched Tripp County, South Dakota between 1957 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an F5 on 8 May 1965. The most recent was on 4 August 2020.

  • 41tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 254per 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 Tripp County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02049%
F1 / EF11537%
F2 / EF2512%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF512%
Unknown rating00%

Tripp County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 1960s.1950s21960s131970s61980s21990s62000s72010s32020s2

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
1960s13
1970s6
1980s2
1990s6
2000s7
2010s3
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May6Jun13Jul13Aug6Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May6
Jun13
Jul13
Aug6
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Tripp County

Notable tornadoes in Tripp County

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

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