NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Brookfield, 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 Brookfield, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 45 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 45
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Brookfield
The highest rating among the 45 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on April 23, 1975, came within 22 miles. Of the 45, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 17 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 13. The most recent tornado was on April 27, 2024. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 98% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Brookfield. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 68 times since 1955, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 334 Missouri cities, 74% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Brookfield.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Brookfield
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s5
- 2000s6
- 1990s5
- 1980s4
- 1970s8(5 EF3+)
- 1960s8(1 EF3+)
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1975 | F4 | 22 mi | 28.2 mi | 1 / 4 |
| Jun 12, 1970 | F4 | 18 mi | 16.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 1967 | F4 | 4 mi | 59 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 23, 1975 | F3 | 2 mi | 14 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 5, 1971 | F3 | 6 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 12 |
| May 5, 1971 | F3 | 6 mi | 3.8 mi | 0 / 6 |
| May 6, 2023 | EF2 | 6 mi | 12.38 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 24, 2021 | EF2 | 12 mi | 31.37 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 1999 | F2 | 9 mi | 53.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 21, 1967 | F2 | 10 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 2023 | EF1 | 4 mi | 8.51 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 2021 | EF1 | 24 mi | 4.88 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 45, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Brookfield
The Storm Prediction Center has 68 hail reports within 10 miles of Brookfield since 1955, made on 44 separate days. Of these, 44 were 1 inch across or larger, and 10 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 3 days, most recently June 9, 2011. The most recent report is from March 31, 2023. April and May have the most reports, 14 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Brookfield
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Brookfield, MO, 2 miles south of Brookfield at 767 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 18°F. May and June are the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.5 inches; the year adds up to 42.2 inches over 69 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 27 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 121 nights a year. Snowfall averages 18.9 inches a year, most of it in February. That 42.2 inches is more than at 44 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (33%). Salisbury, 26 miles southeast, has its own station (Salisbury, MO): 39.8 inches a year, 2.4 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 18 | 1.5 | 4 | 4.8 |
| Feb | 42 | 22 | 1.8 | 4 | 5.9 |
| Mar | 54 | 32 | 2.9 | 6 | 2.5 |
| Apr | 65 | 42 | 4.0 | 8 | 0.2 |
| May | 74 | 54 | 5.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 63 | 5.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 67 | 4.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 86 | 65 | 4.4 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 56 | 4.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 67 | 45 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 53 | 33 | 2.5 | 5 | 1.2 |
| Dec | 41 | 23 | 1.8 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Year | 64 | 43 | 42.2 | 69 | 18.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Brookfield, MO (767 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 Brookfield
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 66 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Brookfield: 61 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 1 flood and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $67,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on May 6, 2023.
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 Brookfield's ZIP code 64628 have filed 21 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1993, and were paid $225,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 5% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 172 Missouri cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 38 have fewer than Brookfield.
Linn County, which includes Brookfield, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1976, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 severe storms, 4 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 3, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Linn County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.4 million a year, the 87th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.8 million (46%), 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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