NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Concordia, 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 Concordia, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 137 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 137
- EF3 or stronger
- 12
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Concordia
The highest rating among the 137 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 20, 1957, came within 5 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on September 25, 1973, killed 3 people. Of the 137, 13 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 63 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 64. The most recent tornado was on May 9, 2023. Concordia has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 54% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 133 times since 1963, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Of the 171 Kansas cities, 78% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Concordia.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Concordia
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s26(1 EF3+)
- 2000s36(1 EF3+)
- 1990s18(1 EF3+)
- 1980s10
- 1970s14(2 EF3+)
- 1960s10(2 EF3+)
- 1950s22(5 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1957 | F4 | 5 mi | 44.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1955 | F4 | 23 mi | 61.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 25, 1973 | F3 | 22 mi | 169.7 mi | 3 / 42 |
| May 6, 2015 | EF3 | 21 mi | 1.87 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2008 | EF3 | 18 mi | 55.22 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 15, 1992 | F3 | 21 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 25, 1973 | F3 | 22 mi | 69.9 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 11, 1966 | F3 | 24 mi | 5.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 27, 1960 | F3 | 1 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 20, 1957 | F3 | 4 mi | 6.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 9, 1953 | F3 | 21 mi | 13.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 2, 1951 | F3 | 12 mi | 38.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 137, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Concordia
The Storm Prediction Center has 133 hail reports within 10 miles of Concordia since 1963, made on 102 separate days. Of these, 82 were 1 inch across or larger, and 14 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on May 9, 1996. The most recent report is from May 25, 2024. June has the most reports, 35.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Concordia
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Concordia Municipal Airport, KS, 1 mile south of Concordia at 1,469 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 19°F. May is the wettest at 4.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 28.4 inches over 51 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 50 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 121 nights a year. Snowfall averages 19.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 28.4 inches is more than at 28 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (27%). Belleville, 18 miles north, has its own station (Belleville, KS): 30.7 inches a year, 2.3 more than here, and the same July average high, 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 19 | 0.7 | 2 | 5.4 |
| Feb | 44 | 22 | 0.9 | 2 | 5.2 |
| Mar | 55 | 32 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Apr | 65 | 41 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.4 |
| May | 75 | 52 | 4.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 86 | 63 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 67 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 88 | 65 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 80 | 57 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 68 | 44 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 53 | 31 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.9 |
| Dec | 41 | 22 | 1.0 | 2 | 4.5 |
| Year | 65 | 43 | 28.4 | 51 | 19.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Concordia Municipal Airport, KS (1,469 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 Concordia
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 94 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Concordia: 89 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $68,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 16, 2026.
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
Cloud County, which includes Concordia, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 flood, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on April 28, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cloud County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.4 million a year, the 60th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.7 million (37%), 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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