NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lathrop, 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 Lathrop, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 103 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 11 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 103
- EF3 or stronger
- 11
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
8 deaths in all
What the records show for Lathrop
The highest rating among the 103 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 7 times; the most recent, on May 29, 2004, came within 24 miles. Of the 103, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 48 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 41. The most recent tornado was on May 6, 2024. Lathrop has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 56% of the 334 Missouri cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 94 times since 1969, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Of the 334 Missouri cities, 55% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lathrop.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lathrop
By decade
- 2020s8
- 2010s14
- 2000s26(4 EF3+)
- 1990s6
- 1980s7
- 1970s11(3 EF3+)
- 1960s19(3 EF3+)
- 1950s12(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2004 | F4 | 24 mi | 22 mi | 3 / 6 |
| May 4, 2003 | F4 | 22 mi | 21 mi | 2 / 30 |
| Apr 23, 1975 | F4 | 21 mi | 11.4 mi | 1 / 3 |
| May 4, 2003 | F4 | 23 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 13 |
| May 4, 1977 | F4 | 22 mi | 48.6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 4, 1977 | F4 | 21 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 5 |
| May 7, 1961 | F4 | 19 mi | 26.2 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Jan 24, 1967 | F3 | 24 mi | 14.5 mi | 2 / 18 |
| May 2, 2008 | EF3 | 19 mi | 0.92 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 26, 1969 | F3 | 19 mi | 10.1 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Mar 14, 1955 | F3 | 9 mi | 9.8 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 28, 2019 | EF2 | 11 mi | 5.85 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 103, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lathrop
The Storm Prediction Center has 94 hail reports within 10 miles of Lathrop since 1969, made on 59 separate days. Of these, 63 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently June 11, 2009. The most recent report is from May 19, 2025. April has the most reports, 29.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lathrop
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Kearney 3E, MO, 12 miles south of Lathrop at 840 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 17°F. July is the wettest at 5.4 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.3 inches; the year adds up to 41.3 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 37 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 128 nights a year. Snowfall averages 19.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 41.3 inches is more than at 31 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (23%). Plattsburg, 9 miles west, has its own station (Smithville Lake, MO): 40.3 inches a year, 1.0 less than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 88°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 17 | 1.3 | 3 | 5.0 |
| Feb | 43 | 21 | 1.6 | 3 | 6.5 |
| Mar | 55 | 31 | 2.5 | 5 | 2.0 |
| Apr | 66 | 41 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.1 |
| May | 75 | 53 | 5.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 84 | 63 | 5.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 88 | 67 | 5.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 87 | 64 | 4.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 80 | 55 | 4.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 68 | 43 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 55 | 31 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 42 | 22 | 1.7 | 3 | 4.6 |
| Year | 65 | 42 | 41.3 | 62 | 19.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Kearney 3E, MO (840 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 Lathrop
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 113 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lathrop: 105 thunderstorm wind reports and 8 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $142,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 2, 2008. June has had the most flash floods, 3 of 8. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 46 have had fewer than Lathrop.
June 2, 2018: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Lathrop — 1 injured, $50,000 damage.
June 15, 2013: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Lathrop — 1 injured.
NWS: “A tree was blown over, causing a minor hip injury to a person, at the Lathrop Fairgrounds. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.”
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
Clinton County, which includes Lathrop, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 5 floods, 4 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Clinton County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and hail; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.2 million a year, the 40th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.9 million (58%), 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 Lathrop
- Holt, MO7 mi
- Plattsburg, MO9 mi
- Lawson, MO10 mi
- Kearney, MO12 mi
- Excelsior Springs, MO14 mi
- Cameron, MO15 mi
- Gower, MO16 mi
- Smithville, MO17 mi
- Liberty, MO21 mi
- Hamilton, MO22 mi
- Richmond, MO24 mi
- Maysville, MO26 mi
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