NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Chillicothe, 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 October 26, 2026

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Chillicothe, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 49 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 0
Tornadoes: 49
EF3 or stronger: 4

What the records show for Chillicothe

The highest rating among the 49 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 23, 1975, came within 12 miles. Of the 49, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 16 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 13. The most recent tornado was on April 27, 2024. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 95% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Chillicothe. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 87 times since 1956, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 334 Missouri cities, 60% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Chillicothe.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Chillicothe

By decade

2020s6
2010s3
2000s7
1990s4
1980s1
1970s9(2 EF3+)
1960s13(2 EF3+)
1950s6

Strongest tornadoes near Chillicothe, Missouri
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Apr 23, 1975	F4	12 mi	11.4 mi	1 / 3
Apr 21, 1967	F4	21 mi	59 mi	0 / 2
Apr 23, 1975	F3	11 mi	14 mi	0 / 2
Apr 21, 1967	F3	13 mi	14.6 mi	0 / 0
May 6, 2023	EF2	16 mi	12.38 mi	0 / 0
Oct 24, 2021	EF2	9 mi	31.37 mi	0 / 0
Apr 8, 1999	F2	23 mi	53.5 mi	0 / 2
Jun 7, 1984	F2	18 mi	3 mi	0 / 1
Apr 21, 1967	F2	19 mi	3 mi	0 / 0
Apr 21, 1967	F2	24 mi	6.3 mi	0 / 7
Apr 10, 1965	F2	16 mi	11.1 mi	0 / 1
Apr 10, 1965	F2	22 mi	10.3 mi	0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 49, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Chillicothe

The Storm Prediction Center has 87 hail reports within 10 miles of Chillicothe since 1956, made on 57 separate days. Of these, 53 were 1 inch across or larger, and 9 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on April 18, 2006. The most recent report is from September 23, 2023. June has the most reports, 24.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Chillicothe

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Chillicothe 2S, MO, 1 mile southeast of Chillicothe at 780 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 16°F. May is the wettest at 5.4 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.3 inches; the year adds up to 41.3 inches over 68 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 36 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 123 nights a year. Snowfall averages 13.9 inches a year, most of it in January. That 41.3 inches is more than at 33 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (25%). Jamesport, 19 miles northwest, has its own station (Gallatin 1W, MO): 40.7 inches a year, 0.6 less than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 87°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Chillicothe 2S, MO
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"	Snow in
Jan	35	16	1.3	4	4.7
Feb	40	21	1.8	4	4.5
Mar	52	31	2.9	6	1.6
Apr	64	41	3.8	7	0.3
May	74	53	5.4	8	0.0
Jun	83	63	5.2	8	0.0
Jul	87	67	4.7	7	0.0
Aug	86	64	4.6	6	0.0
Sep	78	55	4.4	6	0.0
Oct	66	43	3.2	5	0.0
Nov	51	31	2.3	4	0.4
Dec	39	22	1.7	4	2.4
Year	63	42	41.3	68	13.9

Averages for 1991–2020 at Chillicothe 2S, MO (780 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Chillicothe

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 83 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Chillicothe: 63 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 floods, 6 flash floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $774,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on August 7, 2000. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 35 have had fewer than Chillicothe.

September 7, 2001: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Chillicothe — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “The MetLife blimp that broke from its mast in Kansas City, came to a rest on private property. The blimp accompanied a squall line nearly 60 miles before crashing.”
June 14, 1998: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Chillicothe — $150,000 damage.
NWS: “Missouri State Troopers reported several trees blown down as a result of severe thunderstorm winds along D Highway 9 miles southwest of Chillicothe.”
May 6, 2007: flood 2 miles from the centre of Chillicothe — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “14 feet above flood stage. This was the third highest crest ever on May 10, 2007.”

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 Chillicothe's ZIP code 64601 have filed 22 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $307,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 14% 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, 42 have fewer than Chillicothe.

Livingston County, which includes Chillicothe, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 severe storms, 3 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Livingston County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes; Relatively Low for hail, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $9.5 million a year, the 83rd highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.6 million (39%), 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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