Eddy County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Eddy County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by ND GS (20).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Apr 4, 1997Ice Storm, Eddy$6.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An intense low pressure system, with center pressures around 28.8 inches, tracked from Fergus Falls to International Falls, Minnesota. The initial rain was accompanied by lightning and thunder in southern Grand Forks county, and then changed to freezing rain as the temperature dropped. One-half to 2 inches of ice built up on exposed surfaces. Hundreds of power poles and lines snapped due to the weight of the ice, cutting power to many homes and businesses, many of which were beginning to fight the spring flood. The wind reporting systems on the AWOS and ASOS sites across eastern North Dakota froze in place, remaining out for 7 days. The three inches of liquid equivalent from the…

2. Apr 5, 1997Blizzard, Eddy$6.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   With falling temperatures on the back side of the low, the freezing rain turned to ice pellets and then to snow. A strong pressure gradient created winds up to 65 mph, dropping visibilities down to zero. The strong wind, on top of heavy ice accumulations, caused thousands of power poles to snap. This cut power to over 100,000 people in eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota and resulted in $30 million in damages just to the power infrastructure. A 2,060 foot television tower collapsed near Galesburg on April 5th. With power cut, many people had to seek shelters with generator power in order to keep warm. Some smaller communities were without power for more than a week. Most…

3. Jul 8, 2018High Wind, Eddy$650,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An airport hangar sustained significant damage, with half of the roof removed and the outside walls on the north end of the building collapsed. Heavier debris was scattered approximately 50 to 150 feet northeast of the hangar, while lighter debris was scattered as far as 400 yards away. The damage was consistent with a microburst, with estimated winds of 95 to 110 mph.

4. Jul 8, 2018Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees were uprooted in town. Some of the trees fell on power lines, leading to widespread power outages.

5. Jul 28, 1996Hail$200,000
6. Jun 12, 2000Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   County roads were washed out around the Hamar area, after heavy rain fell across portions of Eddy county. At Camp Grafton South, 10 to 17 inches of rain fell, causing tents to collapse. The 220 soldiers were forced to endure a wet night .

7. Jun 12, 2000Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   4 to 6 inches of rain fell in New Rockford, causing a ceiling in an apartment building to collapse. The 25 residents of the building had to be evacuated. The Burlington Northern-Santa Fe railroad depot in town was also inundated with water. Streets and several homes were also flooded.

8. Jul 17, 2011Hail$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hail moved into the town of New Rockford where shingles, roofing, and vehicles received some damages.

9. Jul 4, 2018Tornado$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado likely initiated in a bowing section of a squall line over central Eddy Township, in Eddy County. The tornado tracked for about three miles to the north-northeast, ending around one mile northeast of Warwick in Benson County. Roughly half the track was in Eddy County and half in Benson County. roofing material was blown off of homes and farm buildings. Several power poles were snapped. Peak winds were estimated at 115 mph.

10. Aug 15, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$20,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Large trees were downed around New Rockford, some falling on power lines. One tree fell on a house, damaging the roof. Several signs were also damaged.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

107°F2 times, most recently Aug 7, 1983

All-time low

−39°FFeb 1, 1996

Warmest night

76°FJul 20, 2011

Coldest day

−24°FJan 14, 1972

Wettest day

4.08 inSep 21, 2019

Snowiest day

27.0 inOct 14, 2019

Hottest year

1987mean 45.5°F

Coldest year

2019mean 36.7°F

Wettest year

199329.71 in

Driest year

197611.61 in

Snowiest season

118.3 in2022-23

Station Carrington 4 N (USC00321362), 1,560 ft elevation, 13.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1967 to October 16, 2026; 88.0% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00321362.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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