NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bonner Springs, 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 Bonner Springs, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 135 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 14 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 135
- EF3 or stronger
- 14
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
49 deaths in all
What the records show for Bonner Springs
The strongest of the 135 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on May 20, 1957; its path came within 19 miles, and it killed 44 people. Of the 135, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 48 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 49. The most recent tornado was on June 3, 2025. Bonner Springs has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 53% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 321 times since 1959, with stones up to 3.5 inches. Bonner Springs has more hail reports within 10 miles than 84% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Bonner Springs
By decade
- 2020s10
- 2010s13(1 EF3+)
- 2000s25(1 EF3+)
- 1990s15
- 1980s13(1 EF3+)
- 1970s9(1 EF3+)
- 1960s28(8 EF3+)
- 1950s22(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1957 | F5 | 19 mi | 69.4 mi | 44 / 207 |
| May 4, 2003 | F4 | 4 mi | 21 mi | 2 / 30 |
| Jun 8, 1966 | F4 | 12 mi | 19.9 mi | 1 / 2 |
| May 28, 2019 | EF4 | 2 mi | 29.07 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 7, 1961 | F4 | 7 mi | 26.2 mi | 0 / 12 |
| May 22, 1952 | F4 | 2 mi | 26.9 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jun 19, 1981 | F3 | 16 mi | 7.7 mi | 1 / 33 |
| Apr 12, 1964 | F3 | 13 mi | 14 mi | 1 / 22 |
| May 4, 1977 | F3 | 11 mi | 31.6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 26, 1969 | F3 | 17 mi | 10.1 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Apr 19, 1966 | F3 | 12 mi | 7.7 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Apr 12, 1964 | F3 | 20 mi | 33.8 mi | 0 / 3 |
The strongest 12 of 135, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Bonner Springs
The Storm Prediction Center has 321 hail reports within 10 miles of Bonner Springs since 1959, made on 156 separate days. Of these, 229 were 1 inch across or larger, and 26 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.5 inches, fell on March 13, 2024. The most recent report is from May 19, 2025. May has the most reports, 94.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Bonner Springs
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Bonner Springs, KS, in Bonner Springs at 850 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 18°F. June is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.2 inches; the year adds up to 40.5 inches over 65 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 34 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 127 nights a year. Snowfall averages 17.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 40.5 inches is more than at 82 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (80%). Linwood, 9 miles southwest, has its own station (Lawrence Municipal Airport, KS): 35.6 inches a year, 4.9 less than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 18 | 1.2 | 3 | 5.0 |
| Feb | 43 | 22 | 1.6 | 4 | 5.1 |
| Mar | 55 | 31 | 2.5 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Apr | 65 | 42 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.1 |
| May | 73 | 53 | 5.2 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 64 | 5.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 67 | 4.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 86 | 65 | 4.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 57 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 67 | 44 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 54 | 32 | 2.2 | 4 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 42 | 22 | 1.6 | 3 | 4.3 |
| Year | 64 | 43 | 40.5 | 65 | 17.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Bonner Springs, KS (850 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 Bonner Springs
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 250 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Bonner Springs: 215 thunderstorm wind reports, 24 flash floods, 6 floods, 3 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $528,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 89 mph, on July 14, 2023. June has had the most flash floods, 9 of 24. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 120 have had fewer than Bonner Springs.
June 2, 2008: lightning strike 5 miles from the centre of Bonner Springs — 1 injured.
March 12, 2006: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Bonner Springs — $150,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm wind damage to the Great Wolf Lodge.”
May 30, 1999: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Bonner Springs — $100,000 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 Bonner Springs's ZIP code 66012 have filed 63 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $636,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2004, with 17. 5% 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, 34 have fewer than Bonner Springs.
Wyandotte County, which includes Bonner Springs, has been named in 26 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 severe storms, 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, on December 19, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Wyandotte County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for strong wind; Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $68.5 million a year, the 4th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $21.7 million (32%), 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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