State of Extremes
State of Extremes: Guide to the Wild Weather of South Dakota was published in 1995 by Pine Hill Press (ISBN 0-9648410-05-3). The original site notes that the out-of-print book remains available in many regional libraries.
Radical record temperature change
Spearfish's extraordinary January 1943 temperature swing.
Read story →Wind-driven balloon bombs
World War II balloon bombs carried across the Pacific by high-altitude winds, including landings in South Dakota.
Read story →Spring blizzards
Late-season blizzards and their particular impact on South Dakota ranch country.
Read story →Lightning volts
Lightning, injury and the extraordinary electrical power of thunderstorms.
Read story →Flight through tornado
A passenger aircraft approaches Sioux Falls during the June 24, 2003 tornado outbreak.
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