Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mexico, MO

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Mexico, MO, in Mexico at 802 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 19°F. June is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 2.0 inches; the year adds up to 43.6 inches over 74 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 38 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 113 nights a year. That 43.6 inches is more than at 64 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (48%). Wellsville, 19 miles east, has its own station (Vandalia, MO): 41.4 inches a year, 2.2 less than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 88°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 78 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Mexico: 71 thunderstorm wind reports and 7 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $96,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on June 22, 2006. June has had the most flash floods, 3 of 7. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 40 have had fewer than Mexico.

Flood insurance policyholders in Mexico's ZIP code 65265 have filed 45 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $104,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1981, with 11. 13% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 172 Missouri cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 71 have fewer than Mexico.