NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Goddard, 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 Goddard, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 171 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 18 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 171
- EF3 or stronger
- 18
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
27 deaths in all
What the records show for Goddard
The highest rating among the 171 tornadoes within 25 miles is F5, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 26, 1991, came within 13 miles. Of the 171, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 48 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 57. The most recent tornado was on April 30, 2024. Goddard has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 88% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 320 times since 1960, with stones up to 7.75 inches. Goddard has more hail reports within 10 miles than 84% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Goddard
By decade
- 2020s2(1 EF3+)
- 2010s20(3 EF3+)
- 2000s26(3 EF3+)
- 1990s41(4 EF3+)
- 1980s24
- 1970s11(1 EF3+)
- 1960s21(5 EF3+)
- 1950s26(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1991 | F5 | 13 mi | 46 mi | 17 / 225 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F5 | 22 mi | 48 mi | 1 / 60 |
| May 3, 1999 | F4 | 13 mi | 24 mi | 6 / 150 |
| Jun 23, 1969 | F4 | 2 mi | 8.7 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | EF3 | 21 mi | 12.65 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 6, 2015 | EF3 | 14 mi | 16.48 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 14, 2012 | EF3 | 14 mi | 13.2 mi | 0 / 38 |
| Apr 14, 2012 | EF3 | 19 mi | 18.11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 12, 2004 | F3 | 23 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 29, 2004 | F3 | 19 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2004 | F3 | 18 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 16, 1991 | F3 | 13 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 171, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Goddard
The Storm Prediction Center has 320 hail reports within 10 miles of Goddard since 1960, made on 147 separate days. Of these, 231 were 1 inch across or larger, and 17 reached 2 inches. The largest, 7.75 inches, fell on September 15, 2010. The most recent report is from September 3, 2025. May has the most reports, 115.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Goddard
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wichita Wx, KS, 7 miles east of Goddard at 1,334 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 44°F and 22°F. May and June are the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 34.6 inches over 51 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 67 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 109 nights a year. That 34.6 inches is more than at 51 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (50%). Clearwater, 10 miles southeast, has its own station (Wichita, KS): 34.5 inches a year, the same as here, and a July average high of 93°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 22 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Feb | 49 | 26 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Mar | 59 | 35 | 2.2 | 4 |
| Apr | 68 | 45 | 3.0 | 5 |
| May | 77 | 55 | 5.2 | 8 |
| Jun | 88 | 65 | 5.2 | 6 |
| Jul | 92 | 70 | 3.9 | 6 |
| Aug | 91 | 68 | 4.3 | 5 |
| Sep | 83 | 59 | 3.1 | 4 |
| Oct | 70 | 47 | 2.8 | 4 |
| Nov | 57 | 34 | 1.6 | 3 |
| Dec | 45 | 25 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Year | 69 | 46 | 34.6 | 51 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Wichita Wx, KS (1,334 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 Goddard
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 406 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Goddard: 331 thunderstorm wind reports, 28 floods, 26 flash floods, 17 heavy rain events and 4 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $5.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 102 mph, on June 17, 2025. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 125 have had fewer than Goddard.
June 27, 2013: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Goddard — 2 injured, $10,000 damage.
July 3, 2011: thunderstorm wind in Goddard — 2 injured, $2,000 damage.
NWS: “A fireworks tent was blown over causing two minor injuries.”
September 12, 2008: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Goddard — $3.0 million damage.
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 Goddard's ZIP code 67052 have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1985, and were paid $93,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 8% 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, 3 have fewer than Goddard.
Sedgwick County, which includes Goddard, 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).
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