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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mayetta, KS

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Mayetta, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 122 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
122

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
12

22 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Mayetta

By decade

  • 2020s9
  • 2010s13
  • 2000s14
  • 1990s25
  • 1980s13(2 EF3+)
  • 1970s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s23(7 EF3+)
  • 1950s19(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Mayetta, Kansas
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 8, 1966F520 mi21.1 mi16 / 450
May 19, 1960F410 mi27.5 mi1 / 92
Aug 6, 1962F45 mi11 mi0 / 3
May 19, 1960F415 mi20.6 mi0 / 12
May 31, 1978F38 mi37 mi3 / 1
May 6, 1983F322 mi19 mi1 / 25
Apr 26, 1984F318 mi32 mi0 / 9
Jun 11, 1967F39 mi43.9 mi0 / 0
May 11, 1966F311 mi9.9 mi0 / 0
May 19, 1960F319 mi11.5 mi0 / 1
Apr 2, 1956F38 mi127 mi0 / 4
May 5, 1950F321 mi17.3 mi0 / 12

The strongest 12 of 122, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Mayetta while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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