NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Greenwood, 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 Greenwood, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 116 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 116
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
47 deaths in all
What the records show for Greenwood
The strongest of the 116 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on May 20, 1957; its path came within 10 miles, and it killed 44 people. Of the 116, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 55 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 43. The most recent tornado was on July 11, 2025. Greenwood has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 68% of the 334 Missouri cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 234 times since 1955, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Greenwood has more hail reports within 10 miles than 86% of the 334 Missouri cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Greenwood
By decade
- 2020s13
- 2010s29(1 EF3+)
- 2000s13
- 1990s5
- 1980s14
- 1970s9
- 1960s27(5 EF3+)
- 1950s6(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1957 | F5 | 10 mi | 69.4 mi | 44 / 207 |
| Jan 24, 1967 | F3 | 18 mi | 14.5 mi | 2 / 18 |
| Apr 12, 1964 | F3 | 5 mi | 19.5 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Mar 6, 2017 | EF3 | 10 mi | 17.74 mi | 0 / 12 |
| May 15, 1968 | F3 | 18 mi | 2.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1966 | F3 | 20 mi | 7.7 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Apr 15, 1960 | F3 | 14 mi | 8.4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 8, 2022 | EF2 | 19 mi | 9.56 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 2015 | EF2 | 22 mi | 10.03 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 2003 | F2 | 19 mi | 22 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 1977 | F2 | 17 mi | 7.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 1977 | F2 | 25 mi | 11.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 116, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Greenwood
The Storm Prediction Center has 234 hail reports within 10 miles of Greenwood since 1955, made on 118 separate days. Of these, 145 were 1 inch across or larger, and 19 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 17, 2023. The most recent report is from April 1, 2025. May has the most reports, 61.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Greenwood
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Pleasant Hill WFO, MO, 5 miles southeast of Greenwood at 1,000 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 21°F. May is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.4 inches; the year adds up to 42.7 inches over 64 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 37 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 106 nights a year. Snowfall averages 16.8 inches a year, most of it in December. That 42.7 inches is more than at 50 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (37%). Lees Summit, 5 miles north, has its own station (Lees Summit Municipal Airport, MO): 38.5 inches a year, 4.2 less than here, and the same July average high, 88°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 21 | 1.4 | 3 | 4.3 |
| Feb | 44 | 25 | 1.8 | 4 | 4.4 |
| Mar | 55 | 34 | 3.0 | 6 | 1.8 |
| Apr | 65 | 44 | 4.2 | 7 | 0.3 |
| May | 75 | 55 | 5.8 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 84 | 65 | 5.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 88 | 69 | 4.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 87 | 67 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 80 | 58 | 4.4 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 68 | 46 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 54 | 35 | 2.4 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Dec | 42 | 26 | 1.9 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Year | 65 | 45 | 42.7 | 64 | 16.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Pleasant Hill WFO, MO (1,000 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 Greenwood
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 244 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Greenwood: 197 thunderstorm wind reports, 31 flash floods, 11 floods, 4 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 10, and the NWS estimated $10.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 119 mph, on May 26, 1996. July has had the most flash floods, 11 of 31. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 225 have had fewer than Greenwood.
May 26, 1996: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Greenwood — 9 injured, $10.0 million damage.
April 3, 2011: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Greenwood — 1 injured, $30,000 damage.
March 12, 2006: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Greenwood — $150,000 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 Greenwood's ZIP code 64034 have filed 12 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1985, and were paid $297,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 17% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 172 Missouri cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 8 have fewer than Greenwood.
Jackson County, which includes Greenwood, has been named in 26 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 7 floods, 3 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Jackson County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for tornadoes and hail; Relatively High for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $250.6 million a year, the 3rd highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $109.1 million (44%), 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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