NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Derby, 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 Derby, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 177 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 15 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 177
- EF3 or stronger
- 15
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
38 deaths in all
What the records show for Derby
The strongest of the 177 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on April 26, 1991; its path came within 4 miles, and it killed 17 people. Of the 177, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 50 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 58. The most recent tornado was on April 30, 2024. Derby has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 94% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 448 times since 1955, with stones up to 5 inches. Derby has more hail reports within 10 miles than 91% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Derby
By decade
- 2020s2(1 EF3+)
- 2010s25(1 EF3+)
- 2000s23(3 EF3+)
- 1990s39(3 EF3+)
- 1980s21
- 1970s13(1 EF3+)
- 1960s20(4 EF3+)
- 1950s34(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1991 | F5 | 4 mi | 46 mi | 17 / 225 |
| Jun 10, 1958 | F4 | 24 mi | 9 mi | 15 / 5 |
| May 3, 1999 | F4 | 6 mi | 24 mi | 6 / 150 |
| Jun 23, 1969 | F4 | 14 mi | 8.7 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | EF3 | 6 mi | 12.65 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 14, 2012 | EF3 | 4 mi | 13.2 mi | 0 / 38 |
| Jun 12, 2004 | F3 | 6 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 29, 2004 | F3 | 22 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2004 | F3 | 23 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 16, 1991 | F3 | 1 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 1973 | F3 | 20 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 3, 1965 | F3 | 7 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 27 |
The strongest 12 of 177, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Derby
The Storm Prediction Center has 448 hail reports within 10 miles of Derby since 1955, made on 203 separate days. Of these, 301 were 1 inch across or larger, and 30 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 5 inches, was reported on 2 days, most recently April 8, 2011. The most recent report is from September 3, 2025. May has the most reports, 138.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Derby
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Haysville 3SE, KS, 4 miles southwest of Derby at 1,240 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 44°F and 21°F. June is the wettest at 6.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 38.4 inches over 51 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 60 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 114 nights a year. Snowfall averages 8.1 inches a year, most of it in December. That 38.4 inches is more than at 72 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (70%). Wichita, 10 miles northwest, has its own station (Wichita, KS): 34.5 inches a year, 3.9 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 21 | 0.9 | 2 | 2.1 |
| Feb | 48 | 25 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Mar | 59 | 34 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 68 | 44 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| May | 77 | 55 | 6.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 87 | 65 | 6.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 92 | 69 | 4.4 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 67 | 4.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 58 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 72 | 45 | 3.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 57 | 33 | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 46 | 24 | 1.3 | 2 | 3.0 |
| Year | 69 | 45 | 38.4 | 51 | 8.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Haysville 3SE, KS (1,240 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 Derby
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 386 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Derby: 270 thunderstorm wind reports, 50 flash floods, 40 floods, 19 heavy rain events and 7 lightning strikes. They killed 2 people and injured 7, and the NWS estimated $3.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on March 7, 2000. May has had the most flash floods, 15 of 50. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 150 have had fewer than Derby.
August 19, 2016: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Derby — 1 killed.
May 15, 2020: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Derby — 1 killed.
June 12, 2008: lightning strike 7 miles from the centre of Derby — 2 injured.
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 Derby's ZIP code 67037 have filed 75 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $334,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1995, with 28. 1% 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, 37 have fewer than Derby.
Sedgwick County, which includes Derby, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 14 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 29, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Sedgwick County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for tornadoes and lightning; Relatively High for hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $255.9 million a year, the 2nd highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $101.0 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Derby
- Haysville, KS5 mi
- Mulvane, KS6 mi
- Rose Hill, KS7 mi
- Wichita, KS10 mi
- Belle Plaine, KS12 mi
- Andover, KS12 mi
- Clearwater, KS14 mi
- Udall, KS14 mi
- Douglass, KS14 mi
- Park City, KS15 mi
- Kechi, KS16 mi
- Augusta, KS17 mi
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