Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mission, KS

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Kansas City Downtown Airport, MO, 8 miles northeast of Mission at 742 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 40°F and 22°F. June is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 38.1 inches over 60 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 47 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 93 nights a year. Snowfall averages 11.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 38.1 inches is more than at 71 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (69%). Shawnee, 5 miles west, has its own station (Bonner Springs, KS): 40.5 inches a year, 2.4 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 90°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 597 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Mission: 454 thunderstorm wind reports, 115 flash floods, 16 floods, 10 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on June 23, 1998. August has had the most flash floods, 33 of 115. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 167 have had fewer than Mission.

Flood insurance policyholders in Mission's ZIP code 66202 have filed 64 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $355,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Not a named storm in 1982: 11 claims (17% of all) and $50,000. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 15. 33% 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, 35 have fewer than Mission.