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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Marysville, 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 Marysville, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 95 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
95

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

3 deaths in all

What the records show for Marysville

The highest rating among the 95 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on April 26, 1991, came within 18 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on September 25, 1973, killed 3 people. Of the 95, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 36 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 33. The most recent tornado was on August 14, 2024. Of the 171 Kansas cities on this site, 86% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Marysville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 151 times since 1963, with stones up to 5 inches. Of the 171 Kansas cities, 69% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Marysville.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Marysville

By decade

  • 2020s11
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s16
  • 1990s22(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s6
  • 1970s9(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s9(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s13
Strongest tornadoes near Marysville, Kansas
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Sep 25, 1973F316 mi169.7 mi3 / 42
Apr 26, 1991F318 mi24 mi0 / 0
Sep 25, 1973F313 mi69.9 mi0 / 2
May 16, 1960F310 mi13.3 mi0 / 0
May 27, 2013EF22 mi3.83 mi0 / 0
Apr 15, 2006F221 mi34 mi0 / 0
Apr 6, 2006F211 mi17.3 mi0 / 0
Apr 26, 1991F222 mi3.5 mi0 / 6
Jul 6, 1978F218 mi4.4 mi0 / 0
Jun 2, 1975F219 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 1967F220 mi67.3 mi0 / 0
Apr 20, 1964F224 mi12.4 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 95, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Marysville

The Storm Prediction Center has 151 hail reports within 10 miles of Marysville since 1963, made on 86 separate days. Of these, 105 were 1 inch across or larger, and 13 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on April 26, 2016. The most recent report is from April 24, 2025. June has the most reports, 48.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Marysville

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Marysville, KS, 1 mile south of Marysville at 1,178 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 15°F. May and June are the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 33.7 inches over 55 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 135 nights a year. Snowfall averages 15.8 inches a year, most of it in January. That 33.7 inches is more than at 45 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (44%). Beatrice, NE, 29 miles north, has its own station (Beatrice 1N, NE): 31.4 inches a year, 2.3 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 90°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Marysville, KS
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan38150.824.9
Feb43191.134.3
Mar55302.141.5
Apr66403.160.7
May76524.970.0
Jun86624.960.0
Jul90674.760.0
Aug89643.650.0
Sep81553.350.0
Oct69412.550.1
Nov54301.531.0
Dec42201.233.3
Year664133.75515.8

Averages for 1991–2020 at Marysville, KS (1,178 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Marysville

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 92 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Marysville: 73 thunderstorm wind reports, 17 flash floods and 2 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $184,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 99 mph, on June 11, 2022. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 97 have had fewer than Marysville.

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 Marysville's ZIP code 66508 have filed 27 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $102,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Midwest Flooding in 1993: 10 claims (37% of all) and $66,000. 37% 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, 17 have fewer than Marysville.

Flood insurance claims in Marysville by named event
EventClaimsPaid
Midwest Flooding199310$66,000

Marshall County, which includes Marysville, has been named in 19 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 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 Marshall County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.9 million a year, the 55th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.5 million (45%), 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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