NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Augusta, 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 Augusta, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 162 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 13 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 162
- EF3 or stronger
- 13
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
119 deaths in all
What the records show for Augusta
The highest rating among the 162 tornadoes within 25 miles is F5, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 26, 1991, came within 7 miles. The deadliest, an F5 on May 25, 1955, killed 80 people. Of the 162, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 52 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 41. The most recent tornado was on September 14, 2025. Augusta has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 78% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 300 times since 1956, with stones up to 6 inches. Augusta has more hail reports within 10 miles than 83% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Augusta
By decade
- 2020s5(1 EF3+)
- 2010s22(1 EF3+)
- 2000s25(1 EF3+)
- 1990s34(4 EF3+)
- 1980s19(1 EF3+)
- 1970s13
- 1960s19(2 EF3+)
- 1950s25(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1955 | F5 | 20 mi | 56.4 mi | 80 / 273 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F5 | 7 mi | 46 mi | 17 / 225 |
| Jun 10, 1958 | F4 | 11 mi | 9 mi | 15 / 5 |
| May 3, 1999 | F4 | 19 mi | 24 mi | 6 / 150 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F4 | 25 mi | 25 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | EF3 | 8 mi | 12.65 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 14, 2012 | EF3 | 12 mi | 13.2 mi | 0 / 38 |
| Jun 12, 2004 | F3 | 20 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 16, 1991 | F3 | 13 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 15, 1980 | F3 | 20 mi | 13.3 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Sep 3, 1965 | F3 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 27 |
| May 13, 1965 | F3 | 25 mi | 62.5 mi | 0 / 10 |
The strongest 12 of 162, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Augusta
The Storm Prediction Center has 300 hail reports within 10 miles of Augusta since 1956, made on 158 separate days. Of these, 198 were 1 inch across or larger, and 18 reached 2 inches. The largest, 6 inches, fell on May 17, 1959. The most recent report is from July 30, 2025. May has the most reports, 83.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Augusta
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Smileyberg 1N, KS, 12 miles southeast of Augusta at 1,330 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 42°F and 19°F. May is the wettest at 6.2 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 39.1 inches over 53 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 50 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 118 nights a year. Snowfall averages 10.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 39.1 inches is more than at 77 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (75%). Andover, 7 miles west, has its own station (Wichita Jabara Airport, KS): 32.6 inches a year, 6.5 less than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42 | 19 | 0.9 | 2 | 3.2 |
| Feb | 47 | 22 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.7 |
| Mar | 57 | 32 | 2.5 | 5 | 1.7 |
| Apr | 67 | 42 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.2 |
| May | 75 | 53 | 6.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 84 | 63 | 6.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 89 | 67 | 4.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 65 | 3.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 81 | 57 | 3.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 69 | 44 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 55 | 32 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 44 | 22 | 1.6 | 3 | 3.4 |
| Year | 66 | 43 | 39.1 | 53 | 10.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Smileyberg 1N, KS (1,330 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 Augusta
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 213 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Augusta: 160 thunderstorm wind reports, 18 flash floods, 18 heavy rain events, 16 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $1.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on October 17, 2007. May has had the most flash floods, 9 of 18. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 100 have had fewer than Augusta.
May 15, 2020: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Augusta — 1 killed.
July 2, 2024: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Augusta — 3 injured.
October 17, 2007: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Augusta — $1.0 million 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Augusta's ZIP code 67010 have filed 186 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $5.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 54. 3% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 65 Kansas cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 54 have fewer than Augusta.
Butler County, which includes Augusta, has been named in 29 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 25 of them major disasters (by incident: 19 severe storms, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 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 Butler County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $42.3 million a year, the 7th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $15.3 million (36%), 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).
Augusta in the notable storm records: The May 25, 1955 F5 Tornado in Oklahoma, near Arkansas City, KS
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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