NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Maryville, 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 Maryville, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 88 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 88
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Maryville
The strongest of the 88 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on March 29, 1979; its path came within 17 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on August 28, 1979, killed 2 people. Of the 88, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 38 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 26. The most recent tornado was on April 27, 2024. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 57% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Maryville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 102 times since 1960, with stones up to 5 inches. Of the 334 Missouri cities, 51% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Maryville.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Maryville
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s15
- 2000s18
- 1990s11
- 1980s5
- 1970s5(3 EF3+)
- 1960s13(1 EF3+)
- 1950s16(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 1979 | F4 | 17 mi | 18.8 mi | 0 / 20 |
| Aug 28, 1979 | F3 | 22 mi | 38.3 mi | 2 / 14 |
| Oct 8, 1958 | F3 | 14 mi | 23.1 mi | 2 / 7 |
| Mar 29, 1979 | F3 | 17 mi | 29.6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F3 | 24 mi | 27 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Nov 16, 1952 | F3 | 11 mi | 21.6 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 25, 1994 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.8 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Jun 28, 2017 | EF2 | 18 mi | 6.99 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 30, 2006 | F2 | 22 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Aug 26, 2004 | F2 | 23 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 2004 | F2 | 20 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 6, 1993 | F2 | 17 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 88, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Maryville
The Storm Prediction Center has 102 hail reports within 10 miles of Maryville since 1960, made on 70 separate days. Of these, 65 were 1 inch across or larger, and 6 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on June 20, 1964. The most recent report is from April 27, 2024. May has the most reports, 28.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Maryville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Maryville 2E, MO, 2 miles east of Maryville at 985 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 14°F. May is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 38.4 inches over 63 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 31 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 138 nights a year. Snowfall averages 15.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 38.4 inches is more than at 7 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (5%). Stanberry, 19 miles southeast, has its own station (Conception, MO): 38.7 inches a year, 0.3 more than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 14 | 0.9 | 3 | 5.2 |
| Feb | 39 | 18 | 1.2 | 3 | 4.4 |
| Mar | 52 | 29 | 2.3 | 5 | 1.6 |
| Apr | 63 | 39 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.8 |
| May | 73 | 52 | 5.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 62 | 5.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 66 | 5.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 63 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 54 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 66 | 41 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 51 | 29 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 39 | 19 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.6 |
| Year | 62 | 40 | 38.4 | 63 | 15.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Maryville 2E, MO (985 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 Maryville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 81 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Maryville: 61 thunderstorm wind reports, 12 flash floods, 6 floods, 1 heavy rain event and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $1.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on August 18, 2011. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 106 have had fewer than Maryville.
August 28, 2018: lightning strike in Maryville — 1 killed.
NWS: “From KSHB 41 Action News: A 35-year-old Maryville, Missouri man died Tuesday afternoon after he was struck and killed by lightning while fishing. Maryville Public Safety officers were dispatched around 12:30 to the City Reservoir on a 9-1-1 call.”
August 18, 2011: thunderstorm wind in Maryville — $1.1 million damage.
NWS: “Numerous homes suffered siding, window, and roof damage across the city of Maryville. Corn fields were flattened.”
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
Nodaway County, which includes Maryville, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 4 floods, 3 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 Nodaway County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and lightning; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $16.8 million a year, the 53rd highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.9 million (47%), 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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