NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Osage City, 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 Osage City, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 125 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 125
- EF3 or stronger
- 10
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
86 deaths in all
What the records show for Osage City
The highest rating among the 125 tornadoes within 25 miles is F5, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 8, 1966, came within 22 miles. The deadliest, an F5 on May 20, 1957, killed 44 people. Of the 125, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 49 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 52. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2024. Of the 171 Kansas cities on this site, 54% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Osage City. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 200 times since 1958, with stones up to 3.5 inches. Osage City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 53% of the 171 Kansas cities.
Compare Osage City's storm record with another city →
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Osage City
By decade
- 2020s8
- 2010s24(1 EF3+)
- 2000s17(1 EF3+)
- 1990s18
- 1980s15(1 EF3+)
- 1970s9(1 EF3+)
- 1960s15(2 EF3+)
- 1950s19(4 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1957 | F5 | 21 mi | 69.4 mi | 44 / 207 |
| Jun 8, 1966 | F5 | 22 mi | 21.1 mi | 16 / 450 |
| Jun 8, 1974 | F4 | 12 mi | 37.5 mi | 6 / 177 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF3 | 3 mi | 10.11 mi | 1 / 5 |
| May 6, 1983 | F3 | 20 mi | 19 mi | 1 / 25 |
| May 8, 2003 | F3 | 5 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 12, 1964 | F3 | 21 mi | 33.8 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 20, 1957 | F3 | 23 mi | 5.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 2, 1956 | F3 | 24 mi | 127 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 10, 1953 | F3 | 23 mi | 52.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 28, 2012 | EF2 | 14 mi | 5.4 mi | 1 / 12 |
| May 28, 2019 | EF2 | 20 mi | 10.69 mi | 0 / 12 |
The strongest 12 of 125, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Osage City
The Storm Prediction Center has 200 hail reports within 10 miles of Osage City since 1958, made on 109 separate days. Of these, 138 were 1 inch across or larger, and 18 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3.5 inches, was reported on 2 days, most recently June 18, 1983. The most recent report is from September 3, 2025. May has the most reports, 62.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Osage City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Osage City, KS, 2 miles northeast of Osage City at 1,094 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 40°F and 18°F. May is the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 38.9 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 46 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 124 nights a year. Snowfall averages 10.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 38.9 inches is more than at 76 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (74%). Carbondale, 17 miles northeast, has its own station (Topeka Forbes Field, KS): 36.7 inches a year, 2.2 less than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 18 | 0.8 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Feb | 45 | 22 | 1.7 | 3 | 3.7 |
| Mar | 56 | 32 | 2.6 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Apr | 65 | 42 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.1 |
| May | 75 | 54 | 5.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 84 | 63 | 4.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 89 | 67 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 88 | 65 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 80 | 56 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 69 | 44 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 54 | 32 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 43 | 21 | 1.6 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Year | 66 | 43 | 38.9 | 61 | 10.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Osage City, KS (1,094 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 Osage City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 127 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Osage City: 107 thunderstorm wind reports, 15 flash floods, 3 floods, 1 heavy rain event and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on May 15, 2009. May has had the most flash floods, 6 of 15. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 88 have had fewer than Osage City.
May 6, 2007: flood 10 miles from the centre of Osage City — $750,000 damage.
May 6, 2007: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Osage City — $600,000 damage.
May 6, 2007: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Osage City — $400,000 damage.
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
Osage County, which includes Osage City, has been named in 26 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Osage County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Low for tornadoes and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.8 million a year, the 37th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.4 million (31%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Osage City
- Carbondale, KS17 mi
- Overbrook, KS20 mi
- Pomona, KS21 mi
- Auburn, KS21 mi
- Emporia, KS24 mi
- Berryton, KS27 mi
- Burlington, KS28 mi
- Topeka, KS30 mi
- Ottawa, KS30 mi
- Tecumseh, KS32 mi
- Baldwin City, KS36 mi
- Council Grove, KS36 mi
All Kansas cities →All hurricanes since 1851 →Compare Osage City with another place →