Tornado History Map

Perkins County, South Dakota tornado history

46 tornadoes recorded in or across Perkins County from 1957 to 2023, 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 Perkins County

The Storm Prediction Center records 46 tornadoes whose paths touched Perkins County, South Dakota between 1957 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 27 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 24 May 2010. The most recent was on 21 June 2023.

  • 46tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 160per 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 Perkins County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03065%
F1 / EF1613%
F2 / EF2817%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating24%

Perkins County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in 1980s.1950s11960s71970s61980s151990s52000s12010s82020s3

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s7
1970s6
1980s15
1990s5
2000s1
2010s8
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 27 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May11Jun27Jul5Aug3Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May11
Jun27
Jul5
Aug3
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Perkins County

  • Strongest and Longest path: South Dakota tornado24 May 2010, EF2, 22.9 miles long
  • Most recent: South Dakota tornado21 June 2023, EF0, 1.8 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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