Kidder County, North Dakota tornado history

27 tornadoes recorded in or across Kidder County from 1952 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

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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 Kidder County

The Storm Prediction Center records 27 tornadoes whose paths touched Kidder County, North Dakota between 1952 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 27. The busiest month is June, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 1 July 1952. The most recent was on 27 June 2025.

  • 27tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 27injuries
  • 200per 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 Kidder County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01244%
F1 / EF1726%
F2 / EF2519%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF414%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating27%

Kidder County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 1990s.1950s21960s31980s51990s92000s32010s12020s4

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s3
1980s5
1990s9
2000s3
2010s1
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May4Jun10Jul8Aug5Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun10
Jul8
Aug5
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Kidder County

Notable tornadoes in Kidder 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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