NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Girard, 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 Girard, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 102 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 102
- EF3 or stronger
- 10
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
12 deaths in all
What the records show for Girard
The strongest of the 102 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on May 4, 2003; its path came within 1 mile, and it killed 4 people. The deadliest, an F3 on May 4, 2003, killed 5 people. Of the 102, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 42 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 32. The most recent tornado was on April 2, 2025. Of the 171 Kansas cities on this site, 78% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Girard. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 112 times since 1960, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 171 Kansas cities, 87% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Girard.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Girard
By decade
- 2020s3
- 2010s9
- 2000s30(4 EF3+)
- 1990s6
- 1980s21(4 EF3+)
- 1970s8
- 1960s13
- 1950s12(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2003 | F4 | 1 mi | 33 mi | 4 / 30 |
| May 4, 2003 | F3 | 19 mi | 86 mi | 5 / 47 |
| Mar 15, 1982 | F3 | 4 mi | 70 mi | 2 / 8 |
| Mar 15, 1982 | F3 | 23 mi | 30 mi | 1 / 6 |
| Apr 21, 2005 | F3 | 23 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 2000 | F3 | 7 mi | 34 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F3 | 10 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Mar 15, 1982 | F3 | 17 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 17, 1958 | F3 | 18 mi | 30.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jul 20, 1956 | F3 | 3 mi | 69.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | EF2 | 25 mi | 6.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 2000 | F2 | 13 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 3 |
The strongest 12 of 102, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Girard
The Storm Prediction Center has 112 hail reports within 10 miles of Girard since 1960, made on 82 separate days. Of these, 73 were 1 inch across or larger, and 7 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on June 19, 1981. The most recent report is from June 8, 2025. May has the most reports, 31.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Girard
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Girard, KS, 1 mile east of Girard at 990 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 42°F and 22°F. May is the wettest at 6.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.8 inches; the year adds up to 45.6 inches over 66 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 52 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 97 nights a year. Snowfall averages 6.2 inches a year, most of it in January. That 45.6 inches is more than at 97 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (94%). Frontenac, 10 miles east, has its own station (Pittsburg, KS): 47.9 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 | 42 | 22 | 1.8 | 4 | 2.6 |
| Feb | 47 | 26 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 57 | 36 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.9 |
| Apr | 67 | 45 | 4.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| May | 76 | 56 | 6.5 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 85 | 65 | 5.4 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 69 | 3.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 68 | 3.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 81 | 59 | 4.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 69 | 47 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 56 | 35 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.7 |
| Dec | 45 | 27 | 2.3 | 4 | 1.6 |
| Year | 67 | 46 | 45.6 | 66 | 6.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Girard, KS (990 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 Girard
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 140 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Girard: 86 thunderstorm wind reports, 31 flash floods, 14 heavy rain events and 9 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $1.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 101 mph, on April 26, 2016. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 131 have had fewer than Girard.
June 3, 2008: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Girard — 3 injured, $10,000 damage.
June 3, 2005: flood 2 miles from the centre of Girard — $300,000 damage.
July 30, 2013: flash flood 1 mile from the centre of Girard — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “Numerous travel trailers at the fairgrounds near Girard were flooded with estimated depth of 3 to 4 feet.”
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
Crawford County, which includes Girard, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Crawford County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, 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 11th 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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