Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Carrollton, MO

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Carrollton, MO, in Carrollton at 705 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 17°F. June is the wettest at 5.4 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.4 inches; the year adds up to 40.2 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 38 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 117 nights a year. Snowfall averages 12.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 40.2 inches is more than at 23 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (17%). Marshall, 23 miles southeast, has its own station (Marshall, MO): 41.8 inches a year, 1.6 more than here, and the same July average high, 88°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 58 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Carrollton: 36 thunderstorm wind reports, 12 floods and 10 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $76,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on June 17, 2009. June has had the most flash floods, 4 of 10. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 72 have had fewer than Carrollton.

Flood insurance policyholders in Carrollton's ZIP code 64633 have filed 146 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $3.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Midwest Flooding in 1993: 17 claims (12% of all) and $587,000, then Late spring storms in 2011 with 10. 26% 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, 120 have fewer than Carrollton.