NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Rose Hill, 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 Rose Hill, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 179 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 15 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 179
- EF3 or stronger
- 15
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
119 deaths in all
What the records show for Rose Hill
The highest rating among the 179 tornadoes within 25 miles is F5, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 26, 1991, came within 8 miles. The deadliest, an F5 on May 25, 1955, killed 80 people. Of the 179, 6 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 April 30, 2024. Rose Hill has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 94% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 410 times since 1955, with stones up to 5 inches. Rose Hill has more hail reports within 10 miles than 89% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Rose Hill
By decade
- 2020s3(1 EF3+)
- 2010s24(1 EF3+)
- 2000s22(1 EF3+)
- 1990s42(4 EF3+)
- 1980s22(1 EF3+)
- 1970s13
- 1960s24(4 EF3+)
- 1950s29(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1955 | F5 | 22 mi | 56.4 mi | 80 / 273 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F5 | 8 mi | 46 mi | 17 / 225 |
| Jun 10, 1958 | F4 | 20 mi | 9 mi | 15 / 5 |
| May 3, 1999 | F4 | 12 mi | 24 mi | 6 / 150 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F4 | 23 mi | 25 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1969 | F4 | 21 mi | 8.7 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | EF3 | 5 mi | 12.65 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 14, 2012 | EF3 | 9 mi | 13.2 mi | 0 / 38 |
| Jun 12, 2004 | F3 | 9 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 16, 1991 | F3 | 5 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 15, 1980 | F3 | 25 mi | 13.3 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Sep 3, 1965 | F3 | 11 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 27 |
The strongest 12 of 179, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Rose Hill
The Storm Prediction Center has 410 hail reports within 10 miles of Rose Hill since 1955, made on 185 separate days. Of these, 270 were 1 inch across or larger, and 25 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on April 8, 2011. The most recent report is from August 19, 2025. May has the most reports, 121.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Rose Hill
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Haysville 3SE, KS, 11 miles west of Rose Hill 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%). Douglass, 8 miles southeast, has its own station (Smileyberg 1N, KS): 39.1 inches a year, 0.7 more than here, and a July average high of 89°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 Rose Hill
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 337 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Rose Hill: 268 thunderstorm wind reports, 31 flash floods, 19 floods, 13 heavy rain events and 6 lightning strikes. They killed 2 people and injured 8, and the NWS estimated $3.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on October 17, 2007. May has had the most flash floods, 12 of 31. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 131 have had fewer than Rose Hill.
August 19, 2016: flash flood 2 miles from the centre of Rose Hill — 1 killed.
NWS: “Water was flowing across many area roads. Several swift water rescues were performed.”
May 15, 2020: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Rose Hill — 1 killed.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds downed a tree over the road near SW 180th and SW Indianola Rd sometime prior to 5 am. I driver of a pick up apparently did not see the downed tree and drove into it, which proved fatal.”
July 2, 2024: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Rose Hill — 3 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
Butler County, which includes Rose Hill, has been named in 29 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 25 of them major disasters (by incident: 19 severe storms, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 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 Butler County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $42.3 million a year, the 7th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $15.3 million (36%), 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).
Rose Hill 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.
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