NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Junction City, 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 Junction City, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 104 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 104
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Junction City
The highest rating among the 104 tornadoes within 25 miles is EF4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 25, 2016, came within 8 miles. The deadliest, an EF3 on June 11, 2008, killed 1 person. Of the 104, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 39 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on May 6, 2024. Of the 171 Kansas cities on this site, 77% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Junction City. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 214 times since 1955, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Junction City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 57% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Junction City
By decade
- 2020s8
- 2010s16(1 EF3+)
- 2000s15(2 EF3+)
- 1990s23
- 1980s5
- 1970s5(2 EF3+)
- 1960s14(2 EF3+)
- 1950s18
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2016 | EF4 | 8 mi | 25.09 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Jun 11, 2008 | EF4 | 10 mi | 8.64 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 11, 2008 | EF3 | 5 mi | 15.26 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Apr 30, 1972 | F3 | 22 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Jun 6, 1971 | F3 | 19 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1966 | F3 | 5 mi | 13.8 mi | 0 / 50 |
| Jun 21, 1964 | F3 | 21 mi | 8.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 13, 2024 | EF2 | 23 mi | 8.14 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 11, 2022 | EF2 | 19 mi | 0.32 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F2 | 15 mi | 55 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 18, 1979 | F2 | 23 mi | 71.4 mi | 0 / 11 |
| Mar 7, 1974 | F2 | 23 mi | 108.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 104, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Junction City
The Storm Prediction Center has 214 hail reports within 10 miles of Junction City since 1955, made on 121 separate days. Of these, 150 were 1 inch across or larger, and 16 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 3 days, most recently March 13, 2024. The most recent report is from May 19, 2025. May has the most reports, 66.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Junction City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Milford Lake, KS, 5 miles northwest of Junction City at 1,213 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 19°F. May is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 33.1 inches over 53 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 46 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 122 nights a year. That 33.1 inches is more than at 40 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (39%). Manhattan, 18 miles northeast, has its own station (Manhattan, KS): 35.7 inches a year, 2.6 more than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 19 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Feb | 44 | 23 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Mar | 55 | 33 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Apr | 65 | 42 | 3.1 | 5 |
| May | 74 | 54 | 5.2 | 7 |
| Jun | 84 | 64 | 4.8 | 6 |
| Jul | 89 | 69 | 4.2 | 7 |
| Aug | 88 | 67 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Sep | 80 | 58 | 2.8 | 5 |
| Oct | 68 | 45 | 2.3 | 4 |
| Nov | 54 | 33 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Dec | 42 | 23 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Year | 65 | 44 | 33.1 | 53 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Milford Lake, KS (1,213 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 Junction City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 198 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Junction City: 172 thunderstorm wind reports and 26 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 94 mph, on December 15, 2021. June has had the most flash floods, 10 of 26. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 125 have had fewer than Junction City.
June 28, 2024: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Junction City — 1 injured.
August 13, 2010: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Junction City — $400,000 damage.
May 24, 2007: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Junction City — $250,000 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 Junction City's ZIP code 66441 have filed 34 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1993, and were paid $243,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Midwest Flooding in 1993: 18 claims (53% of all) and $193,000. 53% 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, 23 have fewer than Junction City.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Midwest Flooding1993 | 18 | $193,000 |
Geary County, which includes Junction City, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 flood, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Geary County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and strong wind; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $17.7 million a year, the 21st highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.0 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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