NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Anthony, KS
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Anthony, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 137 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 137
- EF3 or stronger
- 9
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Anthony
The highest rating among the 137 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 12, 2004, came within 8 miles. Of the 137, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 68 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 65. The most recent tornado was on June 17, 2025. Anthony has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 54% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 169 times since 1955, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 171 Kansas cities, 58% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Anthony.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Anthony
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s23(4 EF3+)
- 2000s41(1 EF3+)
- 1990s30(2 EF3+)
- 1980s8
- 1970s11(1 EF3+)
- 1960s9(1 EF3+)
- 1950s11
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2004 | F4 | 8 mi | 1.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 17, 1976 | F4 | 22 mi | 19.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 19, 2012 | EF3 | 10 mi | 9.68 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 2012 | EF3 | 18 mi | 9.72 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 14, 2012 | EF3 | 13 mi | 18.11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 2010 | EF3 | 22 mi | 40.66 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F3 | 17 mi | 22 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F3 | 17 mi | 19 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 5, 1964 | F3 | 15 mi | 33 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 2024 | EF2 | 7 mi | 6.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 2010 | EF2 | 25 mi | 3.14 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2004 | F2 | 3 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 137, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Anthony
The Storm Prediction Center has 169 hail reports within 10 miles of Anthony since 1955, made on 119 separate days. Of these, 104 were 1 inch across or larger, and 11 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on May 17, 1959. The most recent report is from May 24, 2025. May has the most reports, 53.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Anthony
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Anthony, KS, in Anthony at 1,340 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 45°F and 22°F. June is the wettest at 5.0 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 33.2 inches over 50 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 70 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 101 nights a year. Snowfall averages 11.1 inches a year, most of it in December. That 33.2 inches is more than at 42 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (41%). Conway Springs, 28 miles northeast, has its own station (Norwich, KS): 33.2 inches a year, the same as here, and the same July average high, 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45 | 22 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.4 |
| Feb | 49 | 26 | 1.2 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Mar | 59 | 35 | 2.5 | 4 | 2.1 |
| Apr | 68 | 44 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.1 |
| May | 78 | 55 | 4.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 88 | 65 | 5.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 93 | 70 | 3.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 91 | 68 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 60 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 71 | 47 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 57 | 34 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 46 | 25 | 1.4 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Year | 69 | 46 | 33.2 | 50 | 11.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Anthony, KS (1,340 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Anthony
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 113 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Anthony: 96 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods, 6 floods and 3 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $2.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on June 5, 2008. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 45 have had fewer than Anthony.
April 23, 2004: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Anthony — 1 injured, $350,000 damage.
NWS: “Large tree fell onto mobile home. One woman injured, sustaining fractured vertebrae, requiring ambulance transport to Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita where, upon arrival, the woman was listed in fair condition.”
May 6, 2007: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Anthony — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Flash flooding was reported across the county. Numerous roads were closed due to high water and sand bagging was conducted in the city of Harper.”
July 3, 2005: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Anthony — $150,000 damage.
NWS: “Four homes unroofed with damage to garages. Two downtown businesses sustained unspecified damage.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Harper County, which includes Anthony, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 flood, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Harper County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail; Relatively Low for tornadoes, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.8 million a year, the 45th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.7 million (19%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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