NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Coffeyville, 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 Coffeyville, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 122 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 122
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
6 deaths in all
What the records show for Coffeyville
The highest rating among the 122 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 6, 2024, came within 23 miles. Of the 122, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 51 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 38. Of the 171 Kansas cities on this site, 61% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Coffeyville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 124 times since 1960, with stones up to 8 inches. Of the 171 Kansas cities, 80% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Coffeyville.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Coffeyville
By decade
- 2020s7(1 EF3+)
- 2010s25
- 2000s19(1 EF3+)
- 1990s21
- 1980s19(2 EF3+)
- 1970s6(2 EF3+)
- 1960s8
- 1950s17(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2024 | EF4 | 23 mi | 40.8 mi | 2 / 33 |
| Sep 27, 1959 | F4 | 24 mi | 20.4 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Mar 15, 1982 | F3 | 11 mi | 30 mi | 1 / 6 |
| Mar 15, 1982 | F3 | 8 mi | 6 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Apr 19, 2000 | F3 | 13 mi | 34 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 18, 1979 | F3 | 13 mi | 7.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 1973 | F3 | 17 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F2 | 14 mi | 6 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Mar 30, 2006 | F2 | 17 mi | 16 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 19, 2003 | F2 | 9 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 26, 1996 | F2 | 17 mi | 30 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F2 | 16 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 122, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Coffeyville
The Storm Prediction Center has 124 hail reports within 10 miles of Coffeyville since 1960, made on 77 separate days. Of these, 72 were 1 inch across or larger, and 9 reached 2 inches. The largest, 8 inches, fell on September 3, 1970. The most recent report is from June 8, 2025. May has the most reports, 41.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Coffeyville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Coffeyville Wtr Wks, KS, 2 miles northwest of Coffeyville at 737 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 45°F and 23°F. May is the wettest at 7.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.8 inches; the year adds up to 46.1 inches over 64 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 54 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 94 nights a year. Snowfall averages 8.3 inches a year, most of it in December. That 46.1 inches is more than at 100 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (97%). Independence, 14 miles northwest, has its own station (Independence, KS): 45.6 inches a year, 0.5 less than here, and the same July average high, 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45 | 23 | 1.8 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Feb | 51 | 27 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.4 |
| Mar | 59 | 36 | 3.3 | 6 | 1.3 |
| Apr | 69 | 45 | 4.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| May | 77 | 56 | 7.3 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 86 | 66 | 5.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 70 | 4.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 91 | 68 | 4.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 60 | 4.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 71 | 48 | 4.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 58 | 36 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 48 | 27 | 2.5 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Year | 69 | 47 | 46.1 | 64 | 8.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Coffeyville Wtr Wks, KS (737 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 Coffeyville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 141 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Coffeyville: 112 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 floods, 9 flash floods and 7 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $82.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on August 16, 2024. June has had the most flash floods, 3 of 9. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 50 have had fewer than Coffeyville.
July 1, 2007: flash flood 1 mile from the centre of Coffeyville — 1 killed, $81.2 million damage.
NWS: “Extremely heavy rainfall from the end of June into early July caused flash flooding throughout Montgomery County. The hardest hit areas were Independence and Coffeyville.”
April 22, 1999: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Coffeyville — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Two aircraft were blown over near Cessna plant.”
April 26, 2016: thunderstorm wind in Coffeyville — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “This was a delayed report of significant property damage to the residential and business district areas of Coffeyville. Numerous large trees were uprooted/damaged.”
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 Coffeyville's ZIP code 67337 have filed 170 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.9 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Thunderstorms in 2007: 31 claims (18% of all) and $1.6 million. The year with the most claims was 1992, with 38. 20% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 65 Kansas cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 53 have fewer than Coffeyville.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorms2007 | 31 | $1.6 million |
Montgomery County, which includes Coffeyville, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 29, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Montgomery County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $27.3 million a year, the 12th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.4 million (42%), 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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