NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Boonville, MO
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 Boonville, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 72 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 72
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Boonville
The highest rating among the 72 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on March 12, 2006, came within 19 miles. Of the 72, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 23 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 19. The most recent tornado was on April 20, 2025. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 77% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Boonville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 134 times since 1958, with stones up to 4.25 inches. Boonville has more hail reports within 10 miles than 61% of the 334 Missouri cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Boonville
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s7
- 2000s12(1 EF3+)
- 1990s11(3 EF3+)
- 1980s14
- 1970s8
- 1960s9
- 1950s7
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2006 | F3 | 19 mi | 35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 10, 1998 | F3 | 22 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 16 |
| Nov 27, 1990 | F3 | 22 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Nov 27, 1990 | F3 | 16 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | EF2 | 7 mi | 6.13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 1999 | F2 | 22 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 1999 | F2 | 17 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Sep 7, 1992 | F2 | 7 mi | 10.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 14, 1982 | F2 | 7 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1980 | F2 | 20 mi | 42.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1980 | F2 | 25 mi | 27 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 20, 1973 | F2 | 13 mi | 2.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 72, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Boonville
The Storm Prediction Center has 134 hail reports within 10 miles of Boonville since 1958, made on 80 separate days. Of these, 76 were 1 inch across or larger, and 6 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.25 inches, fell on June 17, 2009. The most recent report is from June 25, 2024. April and June have the most reports, 33 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Boonville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Boonville, MO, 3 miles northwest of Boonville at 744 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 21°F. May is the wettest at 5.0 inches of precipitation on average and December the driest at 1.6 inches; the year adds up to 40.9 inches over 65 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 105 nights a year. Snowfall averages 13.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 40.9 inches is more than at 28 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (21%). Fayette, 15 miles north, has its own station (New Franklin 1W, MO): 41.5 inches a year, 0.6 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 21 | 1.8 | 4 | 6.2 |
| Feb | 44 | 25 | 2.1 | 4 | 2.7 |
| Mar | 55 | 34 | 3.2 | 6 | 1.1 |
| Apr | 67 | 45 | 4.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| May | 76 | 56 | 5.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 85 | 66 | 4.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 89 | 70 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 88 | 67 | 4.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 80 | 58 | 3.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 69 | 46 | 3.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 55 | 35 | 2.8 | 6 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 42 | 26 | 1.6 | 4 | 2.8 |
| Year | 66 | 46 | 40.9 | 65 | 13.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Boonville, MO (744 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 Boonville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 96 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Boonville: 63 thunderstorm wind reports, 20 floods and 13 flash floods. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $255,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on April 18, 1997. May has had the most flash floods, 4 of 13. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 115 have had fewer than Boonville.
August 21, 2003: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Boonville — 1 killed, 2 injured, $150,000 damage.
NWS: “Two mobile homes destroyed with two injuries. One of these injured died as a result of their injuries on September 3, 2003.”
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
Cooper County, which includes Boonville, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 6 floods, 3 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on May 21, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cooper County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes, hail, inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $11.3 million a year, the 75th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.4 million (47%), 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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