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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Beloit, 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 Beloit, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 124 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 11 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
124

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
11

1 deaths in all

What the records show for Beloit

The highest rating among the 124 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on June 15, 1992, came within 5 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on June 9, 1967, killed 1 person. Of the 124, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 45 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 47. The most recent tornado was on October 12, 2023. Of the 171 Kansas cities on this site, 58% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Beloit. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 166 times since 1961, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Of the 171 Kansas cities, 60% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Beloit.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Beloit

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s22
  • 2000s22(2 EF3+)
  • 1990s30(3 EF3+)
  • 1980s6
  • 1970s13
  • 1960s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s24(5 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Beloit, Kansas
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 15, 1992F45 mi3 mi0 / 0
May 20, 1957F419 mi44.6 mi0 / 0
Jun 4, 1955F418 mi61.9 mi0 / 0
May 29, 2008EF320 mi55.22 mi0 / 0
May 29, 2008EF312 mi18.91 mi0 / 0
Jun 15, 1992F317 mi3 mi0 / 0
Jun 15, 1992F37 mi2 mi0 / 0
Nov 27, 1960F324 mi2 mi0 / 2
Oct 29, 1956F323 mi28.7 mi0 / 2
Jul 15, 1956F317 mi7.1 mi0 / 0
Mar 2, 1951F37 mi38.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1967F22 mi42.5 mi1 / 10

The strongest 12 of 124, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Beloit

The Storm Prediction Center has 166 hail reports within 10 miles of Beloit since 1961, made on 112 separate days. Of these, 109 were 1 inch across or larger, and 20 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on June 9, 1967. The most recent report is from May 18, 2025. May has the most reports, 49.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Beloit

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Beloit, KS, 2 miles northwest of Beloit at 1,391 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 68°F; January is the coolest, at 40°F and 17°F. July is the wettest at 4.8 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 29.1 inches over 52 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 57 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 131 nights a year. Snowfall averages 15.6 inches a year, most of it in January. That 29.1 inches is more than at 30 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (29%). Concordia, 25 miles east, has its own station (Concordia Municipal Airport, KS): 28.4 inches a year, 0.7 less than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 92°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Beloit, KS
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan40170.724.0
Feb44210.823.7
Mar56301.531.7
Apr66412.650.7
May75524.480.0
Jun87633.860.0
Jul92684.870.0
Aug89663.660.0
Sep82572.740.0
Oct69432.040.3
Nov54301.231.3
Dec42201.023.9
Year664229.15215.6

Averages for 1991–2020 at Beloit, KS (1,391 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Beloit

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 83 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Beloit: 62 thunderstorm wind reports, 16 heavy rain events and 5 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $13.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on April 11, 2001. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 27 have had fewer than Beloit.

  • October 2, 2014: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Beloit — $5.8 million damage.

    NWS: “Wind speeds at this stage of the storm were estimated at 60 mph. At 635 am CDT, law enforcement reported that windows were broken from wind-driven hail on the south side of homes about 3 to 8 miles south of Beloit.”

  • October 2, 2014: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Beloit — $5.8 million damage.

    NWS: “Significant home damage was reported in this area. Approximately another mile and a half east, a farm Quonset was destroyed.”

  • June 29, 2005: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Beloit — $750,000 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 Beloit's ZIP code 67420 have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $150,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 15% 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, 3 have fewer than Beloit.

Mitchell County, which includes Beloit, has been named in 14 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 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 Mitchell County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail; Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes and lightning; Very Low for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.3 million a year, the 41st highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.7 million (36%), is from hail.

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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