NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Gallatin, 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
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Gallatin, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 72 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 72
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
4 deaths in all
What the records show for Gallatin
The highest rating among the 72 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 29, 2004, came within 13 miles. Of the 72, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 34 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 23. The most recent tornado was on May 6, 2023. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 77% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Gallatin. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 81 times since 1955, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 334 Missouri cities, 65% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Gallatin.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Gallatin
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s10
- 2000s19(1 EF3+)
- 1990s1
- 1980s4
- 1970s10(1 EF3+)
- 1960s17
- 1950s6(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2004 | F4 | 13 mi | 22 mi | 3 / 6 |
| Apr 23, 1975 | F4 | 13 mi | 11.4 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Mar 14, 1955 | F3 | 17 mi | 9.8 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 27, 2014 | EF2 | 8 mi | 2.98 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2006 | F2 | 19 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2004 | F2 | 22 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 7, 1984 | F2 | 9 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 7, 1984 | F2 | 8 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1973 | F2 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1973 | F2 | 24 mi | 5.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 1971 | F2 | 16 mi | 55.4 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Apr 21, 1967 | F2 | 10 mi | 8.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 72, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Gallatin
The Storm Prediction Center has 81 hail reports within 10 miles of Gallatin since 1955, made on 43 separate days. Of these, 60 were 1 inch across or larger, and 9 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on June 7, 2009. The most recent report is from May 24, 2024. June has the most reports, 25.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Gallatin
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Gallatin 1W, MO, in Gallatin at 921 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 16°F. May and June are the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.4 inches; the year adds up to 40.7 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 29 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 127 nights a year. Snowfall averages 19.6 inches a year, most of it in January. That 40.7 inches is more than at 25 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (19%). Hamilton, 13 miles south, has its own station (Hamilton 2W, MO): 40.1 inches a year, 0.6 less than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 16 | 1.4 | 3 | 6.2 |
| Feb | 40 | 20 | 1.8 | 3 | 5.6 |
| Mar | 52 | 30 | 2.5 | 5 | 1.6 |
| Apr | 63 | 40 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.3 |
| May | 73 | 52 | 5.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 82 | 62 | 5.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 66 | 4.4 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 84 | 63 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 54 | 4.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 42 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 50 | 31 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.0 |
| Dec | 38 | 20 | 1.8 | 3 | 4.9 |
| Year | 62 | 41 | 40.7 | 62 | 19.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Gallatin 1W, MO (921 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 Gallatin
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 95 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Gallatin: 68 thunderstorm wind reports, 17 flash floods and 10 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $97,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 7, 2009. June has had the most flash floods, 11 of 17. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 146 have had fewer than Gallatin.
August 18, 2011: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Gallatin — 2 injured, $7,000 damage.
NWS: “A gas station awning was blown down. Two injuries were reported in a car underneath the fallen awning.”
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
Daviess County, which includes Gallatin, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 severe storms, 4 ice storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 3, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Daviess County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.4 million a year, the 94th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.2 million (43%), 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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