NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Monroe City, 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 Monroe City, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 73 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 73
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Monroe City
The highest rating among the 73 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on March 12, 2006, passed within a mile of the city centre. The deadliest, an EF2 on October 17, 2007, killed 2 people. Of the 73, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 50 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 17. The most recent tornado was on April 20, 2025. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 76% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Monroe City. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 31 times since 1959, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 334 Missouri cities, 98% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Monroe City.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Monroe City
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s14
- 2000s29(2 EF3+)
- 1990s6(1 EF3+)
- 1980s1
- 1970s7(1 EF3+)
- 1960s4(1 EF3+)
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1975 | F4 | 21 mi | 28.2 mi | 1 / 4 |
| Mar 12, 2006 | F4 | in town | 29 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 2003 | F3 | 2 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 4, 1995 | F3 | 23 mi | 26 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 14, 1961 | F3 | 23 mi | 127.1 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Oct 17, 2007 | EF2 | 17 mi | 4.07 mi | 2 / 0 |
| Oct 2, 2007 | EF2 | 11 mi | 15.14 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 2, 2006 | F2 | 7 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 2003 | F2 | 20 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Jun 30, 1993 | F2 | 4 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 23, 1977 | F2 | 7 mi | 19.5 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 23, 1975 | F2 | 11 mi | 7.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 73, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Monroe City
The Storm Prediction Center has 31 hail reports within 10 miles of Monroe City since 1959, made on 27 separate days. Of these, 22 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on April 21, 1974. The most recent report is from July 16, 2024. April has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Monroe City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Shelbina, MO, 17 miles west of Monroe City at 747 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 17°F. May and June are the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.8 inches; the year adds up to 42.2 inches over 70 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 28 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 128 nights a year. Snowfall averages 15.9 inches a year, most of it in January. That 42.2 inches is more than at 45 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (34%). Palmyra, 14 miles northeast, has its own station (Quincy Dam 21, IL): 36.5 inches a year, 5.7 less than here, and the same July average high, 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 17 | 1.8 | 4 | 5.7 |
| Feb | 41 | 21 | 2.1 | 4 | 3.9 |
| Mar | 53 | 31 | 2.9 | 7 | 1.7 |
| Apr | 64 | 41 | 4.3 | 8 | 0.3 |
| May | 74 | 52 | 5.3 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 62 | 5.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 66 | 4.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 63 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 54 | 3.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 67 | 43 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 52 | 31 | 2.6 | 6 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 40 | 23 | 2.0 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Year | 63 | 42 | 42.2 | 70 | 15.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Shelbina, MO (747 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 Monroe City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 37 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Monroe City: 31 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods and 1 flood. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $10.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on April 17, 2013. July has had the most flash floods, 2 of 5. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 25 have had fewer than Monroe City.
June 18, 2011: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Monroe City — 3 injured.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds blew a mobile home off its foundation and destroyed it. Three people were in the mobile home at the time, two adults and one infant.”
August 28, 2005: thunderstorm wind in Monroe City — 1 injured.
NWS: “Thunderstorm wind gusts of about 45 mph blew down some roof trusses at a home under construction. One worker was injured by the flying lumber.”
July 29, 2008: flood 6 miles from the centre of Monroe City — $10.2 million damage.
NWS: “Rainfall of 7 - 10 inches fell across North Central Missouri causing flooding at Mark Twain Lake and along the Salt River. This represented the first flooding of the Salt River since the completion of Clarence Cannon Dam which created Mark Twain Lake in 1984.”
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
Monroe County, which includes Monroe City, has been named in 19 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 3 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on June 30, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Monroe County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Very Low for hurricanes and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.0 million a year, the 97th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.6 million (38%), 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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