NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cameron, 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 Cameron, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 74 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 74
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
4 deaths in all
What the records show for Cameron
The highest rating among the 74 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 29, 2004, came within 9 miles. Of the 74, 10 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 35 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 24. The most recent tornado was on June 11, 2022. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 74% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Cameron. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 108 times since 1959, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Cameron has more hail reports within 10 miles than 50% of the 334 Missouri cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Cameron
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s10
- 2000s21(1 EF3+)
- 1990s4
- 1980s6
- 1970s9(1 EF3+)
- 1960s15
- 1950s5(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2004 | F4 | 9 mi | 22 mi | 3 / 6 |
| Apr 23, 1975 | F4 | 14 mi | 11.4 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Mar 14, 1955 | F3 | 6 mi | 9.8 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 6, 2017 | EF2 | 13 mi | 19.57 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 27, 2014 | EF2 | 23 mi | 2.98 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2006 | F2 | 11 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2004 | F2 | 5 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 7, 1984 | F2 | 11 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 11, 1979 | F2 | 17 mi | 20.1 mi | 0 / 9 |
| Apr 19, 1973 | F2 | 4 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1973 | F2 | 25 mi | 5.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 1971 | F2 | 8 mi | 55.4 mi | 0 / 6 |
The strongest 12 of 74, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Cameron
The Storm Prediction Center has 108 hail reports within 10 miles of Cameron since 1959, made on 71 separate days. Of these, 55 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on September 10, 1984. The most recent report is from May 19, 2025. June has the most reports, 30.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Cameron
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hamilton 2W, MO, 11 miles east of Cameron at 900 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 16°F. May is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.1 inches; the year adds up to 40.1 inches over 66 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 29 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 141 nights a year. Snowfall averages 7.6 inches a year, most of it in January. That 40.1 inches is more than at 21 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (16%). Maysville, 13 miles northwest, has its own station (Amity 4 NE, MO): 40.0 inches a year, the same as here, and the same July average high, 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 16 | 1.1 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Feb | 40 | 20 | 1.6 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Mar | 52 | 30 | 2.8 | 6 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 63 | 40 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.1 |
| May | 73 | 52 | 5.8 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 82 | 62 | 5.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 66 | 3.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 86 | 64 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 54 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 66 | 42 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 52 | 30 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 40 | 20 | 1.7 | 4 | 1.6 |
| Year | 63 | 41 | 40.1 | 66 | 7.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Hamilton 2W, MO (900 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 Cameron
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 84 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Cameron: 71 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $111,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on October 4, 1998. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 10. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 72 have had fewer than Cameron.
April 13, 2014: thunderstorm wind in Cameron — 2 injured.
NWS: “Damaged roof blew into an apartment complex, breaking the window and injuring 2 people. A power pole was reported down and there were power outages from broken tree limbs.”
August 13, 2010: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Cameron — 1 injured, $750 damage.
NWS: “A tractor trailer was blown off of Interstate 35, near exit 61. The driver suffered minor injuries.”
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
Clinton County, which includes Cameron, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 5 floods, 4 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Clinton County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and hail; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.2 million a year, the 40th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.9 million (58%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Cameron
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- Maysville, MO13 mi
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- Gower, MO21 mi
- Holt, MO22 mi
- Kearney, MO27 mi
- Jamesport, MO28 mi
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