NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Maysville, 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 Maysville, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 74 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 74
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Maysville
The highest rating among the 74 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 29, 2004, came within 6 miles. Of the 74, 10 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 31 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 19. The most recent tornado was on June 11, 2022. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 74% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Maysville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 66 times since 1955, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 334 Missouri cities, 75% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Maysville.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Maysville
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s7
- 2000s19(1 EF3+)
- 1990s5
- 1980s7
- 1970s9(1 EF3+)
- 1960s12
- 1950s10(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2004 | F4 | 6 mi | 22 mi | 3 / 6 |
| Apr 23, 1975 | F4 | 25 mi | 11.4 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Mar 14, 1955 | F3 | 19 mi | 9.8 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 25, 1994 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.8 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Mar 6, 2017 | EF2 | 25 mi | 19.57 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 27, 2014 | EF2 | 20 mi | 2.98 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2006 | F2 | 1 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2004 | F2 | 10 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 2004 | F2 | 22 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 7, 1984 | F2 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F2 | 22 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1973 | F2 | 17 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 74, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Maysville
The Storm Prediction Center has 66 hail reports within 10 miles of Maysville since 1955, made on 50 separate days. Of these, 39 were 1 inch across or larger, and 7 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently May 24, 2004. The most recent report is from August 1, 2024. May has the most reports, 20.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Maysville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Amity 4 NE, MO, 1 mile south of Maysville at 974 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 15°F. May is the wettest at 5.7 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.1 inches; the year adds up to 40.0 inches over 65 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 30 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 124 nights a year. Snowfall averages 20.7 inches a year, most of it in February. That 40.0 inches is more than at 20 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (15%). Cameron, 13 miles southeast, has its own station (Hamilton 2W, MO): 40.1 inches a year, the same as here, and the same July average high, 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 15 | 1.1 | 3 | 5.3 |
| Feb | 40 | 19 | 1.5 | 3 | 5.6 |
| Mar | 52 | 29 | 2.5 | 5 | 2.0 |
| Apr | 63 | 40 | 3.9 | 7 | 0.5 |
| May | 73 | 51 | 5.7 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 82 | 61 | 5.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 65 | 4.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 63 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 54 | 4.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 42 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 51 | 30 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Dec | 39 | 21 | 1.6 | 4 | 5.5 |
| Year | 62 | 41 | 40.0 | 65 | 20.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Amity 4 NE, MO (974 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 Maysville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 39 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Maysville: 29 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 floods and 4 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $13,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on May 8, 2002.
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
DeKalb County, which includes Maysville, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 severe storms, 4 floods, 4 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives DeKalb County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.7 million a year, the 91st highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.1 million (41%), 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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