NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Holts Summit, 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
1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Holts Summit, Missouri since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1902. Since 1950, 69 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 1
- Tornadoes
- 69
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Holts Summit
None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Holts Summit; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1902, a tropical storm with 40 mph winds when its centre passed 54 miles away. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 62% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Holts Summit. The highest rating among the 69 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 5 times; the most recent, on May 22, 2019, came within 3 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on April 10, 2001, killed 1 person. Of the 69, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 17 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 13. The most recent tornado was on April 20, 2025. Of the 334 Missouri cities, 80% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Holts Summit. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 143 times since 1958, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Holts Summit has more hail reports within 10 miles than 65% of the 334 Missouri cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Holts Summit
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 28 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Holts Summit: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Holts Summit
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s8(1 EF3+)
- 2000s8
- 1990s16(3 EF3+)
- 1980s16(1 EF3+)
- 1970s8
- 1960s10
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2019 | EF3 | 3 mi | 32.68 mi | 0 / 33 |
| Nov 10, 1998 | F3 | 25 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 16 |
| Nov 27, 1990 | F3 | 25 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Nov 27, 1990 | F3 | 25 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 1, 1983 | F3 | 17 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 20, 2025 | EF2 | 7 mi | 2.61 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 13, 2006 | F2 | 10 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Oct 3, 1986 | F2 | 21 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1980 | F2 | 15 mi | 42.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 1973 | F2 | 13 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Oct 24, 1967 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 14, 1966 | F2 | 22 mi | 7.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 69, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Holts Summit
The Storm Prediction Center has 143 hail reports within 10 miles of Holts Summit since 1958, made on 92 separate days. Of these, 84 were 1 inch across or larger, and 10 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on March 27, 2020. The most recent report is from March 14, 2025. April has the most reports, 44.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Holts Summit
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Jefferson City Mem Airport, MO, 4 miles southwest of Holts Summit at 573 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 41°F and 23°F. May is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 1.9 inches; the year adds up to 39.7 inches over 64 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 41 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 101 nights a year. That 39.7 inches is more than at 17 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (13%). New Bloomfield, 7 miles north, has its own station (Columbia Regional Airport, MO): 41.4 inches a year, 1.7 more than here, and the same July average high, 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41 | 23 | 2.0 | 3 |
| Feb | 47 | 26 | 1.9 | 4 |
| Mar | 58 | 35 | 2.9 | 7 |
| Apr | 68 | 45 | 4.4 | 7 |
| May | 77 | 55 | 4.9 | 7 |
| Jun | 85 | 65 | 3.6 | 6 |
| Jul | 89 | 69 | 4.4 | 6 |
| Aug | 88 | 66 | 3.6 | 5 |
| Sep | 80 | 57 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Oct | 70 | 46 | 3.4 | 6 |
| Nov | 57 | 35 | 2.8 | 5 |
| Dec | 45 | 26 | 2.1 | 4 |
| Year | 67 | 46 | 39.7 | 64 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Jefferson City Mem Airport, MO (573 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 Holts Summit
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 125 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Holts Summit: 94 thunderstorm wind reports, 17 flash floods, 11 floods, 2 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $3.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on August 7, 1999. August has had the most flash floods, 4 of 17. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 146 have had fewer than Holts Summit.
July 7, 2012: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Holts Summit — 1 injured.
June 26, 2018: lightning strike 5 miles from the centre of Holts Summit — 1 injured.
June 3, 2019: flood 5 miles from the centre of Holts Summit — $2.0 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 Holts Summit's ZIP code 65043 have filed 21 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $146,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 67% 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, 38 have fewer than Holts Summit.
Callaway County, which includes Holts Summit, has been named in 29 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 21 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 severe storms, 6 floods, 4 ice storms, 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 Callaway County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and inland flooding; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.4 million a year, the 39th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.6 million (52%), 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.