NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hutchinson, 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 Hutchinson, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 131 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 13 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 131
- EF3 or stronger
- 13
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
8 deaths in all
What the records show for Hutchinson
The strongest of the 131 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on March 13, 1990; its path came within 13 miles, and it killed 1 person. The deadliest, an F3 on September 25, 1973, killed 3 people. Of the 131, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 53 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 56. The most recent tornado was on May 18, 2025. Hutchinson has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 295 times since 1962, with stones up to 4.25 inches. Hutchinson has more hail reports within 10 miles than 81% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hutchinson
By decade
- 2020s2(1 EF3+)
- 2010s22(2 EF3+)
- 2000s29
- 1990s28(4 EF3+)
- 1980s11
- 1970s12(1 EF3+)
- 1960s11(4 EF3+)
- 1950s16(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1990 | F5 | 13 mi | 48 mi | 1 / 60 |
| Jun 8, 1950 | F4 | 18 mi | 17.1 mi | 1 / 5 |
| Mar 26, 1991 | F4 | 4 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Sep 25, 1973 | F3 | 20 mi | 169.7 mi | 3 / 42 |
| May 18, 2025 | EF3 | 20 mi | 32.65 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 13, 2015 | EF3 | 9 mi | 5.32 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 2015 | EF3 | 17 mi | 16.48 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 26, 1991 | F3 | 15 mi | 26 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F3 | 12 mi | 18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1965 | F3 | 16 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 13, 1965 | F3 | 22 mi | 62.5 mi | 0 / 10 |
| May 24, 1962 | F3 | 14 mi | 18.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 131, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Hutchinson
The Storm Prediction Center has 295 hail reports within 10 miles of Hutchinson since 1962, made on 150 separate days. Of these, 196 were 1 inch across or larger, and 29 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.25 inches, fell on July 23, 2013. The most recent report is from April 2, 2025. May has the most reports, 100.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Hutchinson
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hutchinson, KS, 2 miles northeast of Hutchinson at 1,540 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 68°F; January is the coolest, at 45°F and 19°F. May is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 33.0 inches over 52 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 63 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 120 nights a year. Snowfall averages 6.9 inches a year, most of it in February. That 33.0 inches is more than at 39 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (38%). Haven, 14 miles southeast, has its own station (Hutchinson Municipal Airport, KS): 28.3 inches a year, 4.7 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 94°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45 | 19 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 50 | 23 | 1.3 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Mar | 60 | 32 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.9 |
| Apr | 70 | 41 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.3 |
| May | 79 | 53 | 5.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 89 | 63 | 4.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 94 | 68 | 4.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 92 | 66 | 4.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 84 | 57 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 72 | 44 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 58 | 31 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 47 | 23 | 1.4 | 3 | 1.2 |
| Year | 70 | 43 | 33.0 | 52 | 6.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Hutchinson, KS (1,540 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 Hutchinson
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 223 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hutchinson: 187 thunderstorm wind reports, 17 floods, 11 flash floods, 7 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 7, and the NWS estimated $14.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on July 3, 2005. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 61 have had fewer than Hutchinson.
June 1, 2019: flood 8 miles from the centre of Hutchinson — 1 killed.
June 15, 2017: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Hutchinson — 4 injured.
NWS: “A large tree fell on a car and injured the occupants.”
June 7, 2009: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Hutchinson — 1 injured, $550,000 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 Hutchinson's 2 ZIP codes have filed 58 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $790,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2007, with 20. 5% 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, 31 have fewer than Hutchinson.
Reno County, which includes Hutchinson, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 severe storms, 3 fires, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on July 22, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Reno County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Relatively Low for inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $44.6 million a year, the 6th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $14.3 million (32%), 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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Cities near Hutchinson
- South Hutchinson, KS3 mi
- Inman, KS13 mi
- Haven, KS14 mi
- Sterling, KS18 mi
- Halstead, KS23 mi
- Moundridge, KS23 mi
- Mcpherson, KS25 mi
- Lyons, KS25 mi
- Andale, KS26 mi
- Hesston, KS27 mi
- Sedgwick, KS28 mi
- Colwich, KS28 mi
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