NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mulvane, KS
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 Mulvane, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 175 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 18 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 175
- EF3 or stronger
- 18
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
104 deaths in all
What the records show for Mulvane
The highest rating among the 175 tornadoes within 25 miles is F5, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 26, 1991, came within 9 miles. The deadliest, an F5 on May 25, 1955, killed 80 people. Of the 175, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 56 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 57. The most recent tornado was on April 30, 2024. Mulvane has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 92% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 327 times since 1955, with stones up to 5 inches. Mulvane has more hail reports within 10 miles than 85% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Mulvane
By decade
- 2020s3(1 EF3+)
- 2010s27(2 EF3+)
- 2000s26(3 EF3+)
- 1990s40(5 EF3+)
- 1980s19
- 1970s12
- 1960s21(5 EF3+)
- 1950s27(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1955 | F5 | 24 mi | 56.4 mi | 80 / 273 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F5 | 9 mi | 46 mi | 17 / 225 |
| May 3, 1999 | F4 | 8 mi | 24 mi | 6 / 150 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F4 | 23 mi | 25 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1969 | F4 | 17 mi | 8.7 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Mar 16, 1965 | F4 | 24 mi | 82.7 mi | 0 / 7 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | EF3 | 11 mi | 12.65 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 14, 2012 | EF3 | 8 mi | 13.2 mi | 0 / 38 |
| Apr 14, 2012 | EF3 | 24 mi | 18.11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 12, 2004 | F3 | in town | 4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 29, 2004 | F3 | 20 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2004 | F3 | 22 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 175, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Mulvane
The Storm Prediction Center has 327 hail reports within 10 miles of Mulvane since 1955, made on 172 separate days. Of these, 207 were 1 inch across or larger, and 24 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on April 8, 2011. The most recent report is from September 3, 2025. May has the most reports, 92.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Mulvane
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Haysville 3SE, KS, 6 miles northwest of Mulvane at 1,240 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 44°F and 21°F. June is the wettest at 6.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 38.4 inches over 51 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 60 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 114 nights a year. Snowfall averages 8.1 inches a year, most of it in December. That 38.4 inches is more than at 72 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (70%). Udall, 9 miles southeast, has its own station (Winfield 3NE, KS): 40.7 inches a year, 2.3 more than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 21 | 0.9 | 2 | 2.1 |
| Feb | 48 | 25 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Mar | 59 | 34 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 68 | 44 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| May | 77 | 55 | 6.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 87 | 65 | 6.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 92 | 69 | 4.4 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 67 | 4.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 58 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 72 | 45 | 3.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 57 | 33 | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 46 | 24 | 1.3 | 2 | 3.0 |
| Year | 69 | 45 | 38.4 | 51 | 8.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Haysville 3SE, KS (1,240 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 Mulvane
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 310 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Mulvane: 240 thunderstorm wind reports, 36 flash floods, 19 floods, 12 heavy rain events and 3 lightning strikes. They killed 1 person and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $3.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on July 16, 1997. May has had the most flash floods, 17 of 36. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 138 have had fewer than Mulvane.
August 19, 2016: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Mulvane — 1 killed.
June 12, 2008: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Mulvane — 2 injured.
July 12, 2011: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Mulvane — 1 injured.
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Mulvane's ZIP code 67110 have filed 121 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Midwest Flooding in 1993: 11 claims (9% of all) and $123,000. 13% 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, 47 have fewer than Mulvane.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Midwest Flooding1993 | 11 | $123,000 |
Sumner County, which includes Mulvane, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 23 of them major disasters (by incident: 20 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Sumner County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $17.1 million a year, the 23rd highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.6 million (39%), 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).
Mulvane in the notable storm records: The May 25, 1955 F5 Tornado in Oklahoma, near Arkansas City, KS
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.