NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cimarron, KS
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 Cimarron, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 146 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 146
- EF3 or stronger
- 9
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Cimarron
The strongest of the 146 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 30, 1972; its path came within 20 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on June 23, 1967, killed 1 person. Of the 146, 15 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 88 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 77. The most recent tornado was on June 18, 2024. Cimarron has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 66% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 195 times since 1962, with stones up to 5.5 inches. Cimarron has more hail reports within 10 miles than 51% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Cimarron
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s52(3 EF3+)
- 2000s31(1 EF3+)
- 1990s23(3 EF3+)
- 1980s6
- 1970s6(1 EF3+)
- 1960s14(1 EF3+)
- 1950s9
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 1972 | F4 | 20 mi | 26.6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 23, 1967 | F3 | 19 mi | 35.6 mi | 1 / 30 |
| May 24, 2016 | EF3 | 15 mi | 1.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 2016 | EF3 | 13 mi | 14.7 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Nov 16, 2015 | EF3 | 13 mi | 51.26 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 28, 2007 | EF3 | 21 mi | 29.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F3 | 4 mi | 28 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1995 | F3 | 13 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 16, 1991 | F3 | 11 mi | 22 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Mar 13, 2021 | EF2 | 12 mi | 12.15 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 2016 | EF2 | 12 mi | 16.7 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 24, 2016 | EF2 | 17 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 146, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Cimarron
The Storm Prediction Center has 195 hail reports within 10 miles of Cimarron since 1962, made on 124 separate days. Of these, 115 were 1 inch across or larger, and 15 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5.5 inches, fell on May 26, 1996. The most recent report is from June 8, 2025. June has the most reports, 67.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Cimarron
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cimarron, KS, 3 miles south of Cimarron at 2,703 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 45°F and 18°F. June is the wettest at 3.5 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 21.7 inches over 41 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 70 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 140 nights a year. Snowfall averages 17.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 21.7 inches is more than at 12 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (12%). Dodge City, 18 miles east, has its own station (Dodge City, KS): 22.1 inches a year, 0.4 more than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45 | 18 | 0.6 | 1 | 3.9 |
| Feb | 49 | 21 | 0.6 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Mar | 59 | 30 | 1.4 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Apr | 68 | 39 | 1.8 | 4 | 0.7 |
| May | 78 | 51 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 88 | 62 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 93 | 67 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 65 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 56 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 71 | 42 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 57 | 29 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Dec | 46 | 20 | 0.9 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Year | 69 | 42 | 21.7 | 41 | 17.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cimarron, KS (2,703 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 Cimarron
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 126 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Cimarron: 107 thunderstorm wind reports, 15 heavy rain events, 3 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $375,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 110 mph, on July 3, 2015.
May 26, 1996: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Cimarron — $150,000 damage.
July 29, 1996: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Cimarron — $100,000 damage.
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
Gray County, which includes Cimarron, has been named in 14 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires, on May 21, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Gray County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail; Relatively Low for tornadoes and strong wind; Very Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $11.4 million a year, the 35th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.1 million (27%), is from hail.
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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