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Missouri Storm & Severe Weather History

Since 1996, Missouri has logged 63,763 severe-weather events — about 2,057 a year — with 774 direct deaths, 9,905 injuries and $10.7B in reported property damage.

By event type

Hail16,767—$2.1B
Thunderstorm Wind15,87544 d$292.8M
Flash Flood6,160107 d$934.5M
Flood4,53843 d$399.0M
Winter Storm3,0972 d$457.2M
Heat2,562204 d$30K
Drought2,480—$67.8M
Tornado1,767268 d$5.9B
Winter Weather1,572—$3.2M
Excessive Heat1,19666 d$400K
Heavy Rain1,0452 d$7.4M
Dense Fog1,043——
Strong Wind9413 d$1.2M
Heavy Snow930—$12.8M
Ice Storm740—$461.8M
Frost/Freeze702——

Events by year

19962026

Notable events (530)

Events with deaths, major damage, or a strong tornado — deadliest first.

HeatAugust 1, 2002
St. Louis · 26 injured ·
HeatJuly 26, 2002
St. Louis (C) · 120 injured ·
HeatJuly 26, 2002
St. Louis · 40 injured ·
HeatJuly 20, 2002
St. Louis · 30 injured ·
HeatAugust 1, 2001
St. Louis (C) · 34 injured ·
HeatAugust 28, 2000
St. Louis (C) · 33 injured ·
HeatJuly 18, 1998
St. Louis · 62 injured ·
HeatJuly 18, 1998
St. Louis (C) · 64 injured ·
HeatJune 23, 1998
St. Louis (C) · 85 injured ·
HeatMay 17, 1996
St. Louis (C) · 25 injured ·

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Counts are every logged event since 1996; the "notable" list is filtered to events with fatalities, major damage or a strong tornado. Damage is the reporting office's estimate. A record of past weather is not a forecast. See About the Data.