NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Saint Marys, 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 Saint Marys, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 123 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 123
- EF3 or stronger
- 12
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
30 deaths in all
What the records show for Saint Marys
The strongest of the 123 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on June 8, 1966; its path came within 21 miles, and it killed 16 people. Of the 123, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 39 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 38. The most recent tornado was on April 28, 2025. Of the 171 Kansas cities on this site, 60% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Saint Marys. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 182 times since 1960, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 171 Kansas cities, 52% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Saint Marys.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Saint Marys
By decade
- 2020s10(1 EF3+)
- 2010s18
- 2000s11
- 1990s29
- 1980s12(1 EF3+)
- 1970s8(2 EF3+)
- 1960s18(6 EF3+)
- 1950s17(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1966 | F5 | 21 mi | 21.1 mi | 16 / 450 |
| Jun 8, 1974 | F4 | 23 mi | 37.5 mi | 6 / 177 |
| May 19, 1960 | F4 | 7 mi | 27.5 mi | 1 / 92 |
| Aug 6, 1962 | F4 | 25 mi | 11 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 19, 1960 | F4 | 2 mi | 20.6 mi | 0 / 12 |
| May 31, 1978 | F3 | 13 mi | 37 mi | 3 / 1 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EF3 | 22 mi | 2.24 mi | 1 / 4 |
| May 6, 1983 | F3 | 23 mi | 19 mi | 1 / 25 |
| Jun 11, 1967 | F3 | 22 mi | 43.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F3 | 15 mi | 9.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 2, 1956 | F3 | 14 mi | 127 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 10, 1953 | F3 | 19 mi | 52.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 123, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Saint Marys
The Storm Prediction Center has 182 hail reports within 10 miles of Saint Marys since 1960, made on 102 separate days. Of these, 123 were 1 inch across or larger, and 12 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on May 19, 1960. The most recent report is from March 27, 2025. June has the most reports, 48.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Saint Marys
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wamego 4 W, KS, 16 miles west of Saint Marys at 1,166 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 68°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 18°F. June is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 34.9 inches over 57 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 49 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 119 nights a year. Snowfall averages 16.9 inches a year, most of it in February. That 34.9 inches is more than at 53 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (51%). Silver Lake, 12 miles east, has its own station (Topeka Municipal Airport, KS): 36.7 inches a year, 1.8 more than here, and the same July average high, 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 18 | 0.7 | 2 | 4.8 |
| Feb | 45 | 21 | 1.2 | 3 | 5.0 |
| Mar | 56 | 31 | 2.1 | 4 | 1.8 |
| Apr | 67 | 42 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.2 |
| May | 76 | 53 | 5.1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 85 | 63 | 5.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 68 | 4.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 65 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 81 | 56 | 2.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 69 | 43 | 2.4 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 55 | 31 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 43 | 22 | 1.3 | 3 | 4.0 |
| Year | 66 | 43 | 34.9 | 57 | 16.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Wamego 4 W, KS (1,166 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 Saint Marys
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 110 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Saint Marys: 93 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 flash floods, 3 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $581,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on April 29, 2022. June has had the most flash floods, 4 of 13. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 78 have had fewer than Saint Marys.
October 2, 2005: flash flood in Saint Marys — $150,000 damage.
NWS: “Highway 24 under at least 6 inches of fast flowing water.”
September 23, 2005: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Saint Marys — $100,000 damage.
June 27, 2007: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Saint Marys — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “fast flowing water up to a foot deep was over the road. a watershed pond was overflowing across the road with a depth of about 2 feet.”
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 Saint Marys's ZIP code 66536 have filed 27 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1993, and were paid $12,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Midwest Flooding in 1993: 25 claims (93% of all) and $12,000. 93% 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, 17 have fewer than Saint Marys.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Midwest Flooding1993 | 25 | $12,000 |
Pottawatomie County, which includes Saint Marys, has been named in 20 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 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 Pottawatomie County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $15.8 million a year, the 28th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.2 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).
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Cities near Saint Marys
- Silver Lake, KS12 mi
- Wamego, KS13 mi
- Mayetta, KS19 mi
- Saint George, KS19 mi
- Topeka, KS23 mi
- Auburn, KS23 mi
- Holton, KS27 mi
- Meriden, KS28 mi
- Manhattan, KS28 mi
- Tecumseh, KS30 mi
- Carbondale, KS33 mi
- Berryton, KS33 mi
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