NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Scott 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 Scott City, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 121 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 121
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Scott City
The highest rating among the 121 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 22, 1999, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on July 12, 1956, killed 1 person. Of the 121, 17 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 63 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 57. The most recent tornado was on May 18, 2025. Of the 171 Kansas cities on this site, 63% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Scott City. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 231 times since 1957, with stones up to 5 inches. Scott City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 67% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Scott City
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s45
- 2000s13
- 1990s21(1 EF3+)
- 1980s9
- 1970s10
- 1960s10(1 EF3+)
- 1950s8
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1999 | F3 | 24 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 1968 | F3 | 2 mi | 140.4 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Jul 12, 1956 | F2 | 8 mi | 20 mi | 1 / 0 |
| May 18, 2025 | EF2 | 6 mi | 10.77 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2025 | EF2 | 11 mi | 11.04 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 2, 2017 | EF2 | 8 mi | 18.31 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 28, 1979 | F2 | 17 mi | 10.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 5, 1964 | F2 | 12 mi | 7.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1962 | F2 | 20 mi | 12.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 20, 1951 | F2 | in town | 48.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 2, 1950 | F2 | 3 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 2, 2017 | EF1 | 6 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 121, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Scott City
The Storm Prediction Center has 231 hail reports within 10 miles of Scott City since 1957, made on 134 separate days. Of these, 161 were 1 inch across or larger, and 25 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on June 14, 1967. The most recent report is from August 3, 2025. May has the most reports, 70.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Scott City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Scott City, KS, 1 mile southeast of Scott City at 2,974 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 44°F and 16°F. June is the wettest at 3.2 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 20.3 inches over 38 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 67 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 154 nights a year. Snowfall averages 19.6 inches a year, most of it in January. That 20.3 inches is more than at 8 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (8%). Leoti, 25 miles west, has its own station (Leoti, KS): 19.4 inches a year, 0.9 less than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 16 | 0.4 | 1 | 4.5 |
| Feb | 47 | 19 | 0.5 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Mar | 58 | 27 | 1.1 | 3 | 3.9 |
| Apr | 67 | 35 | 1.9 | 4 | 1.8 |
| May | 77 | 47 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 88 | 58 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 93 | 63 | 3.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 61 | 3.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 82 | 52 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 69 | 38 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 56 | 26 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 45 | 18 | 0.7 | 1 | 3.1 |
| Year | 68 | 38 | 20.3 | 38 | 19.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Scott City, KS (2,974 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 Scott City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 101 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Scott City: 79 thunderstorm wind reports, 17 heavy rain events and 5 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 16, 2004.
May 16, 1999: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Scott City — $1.6 million damage.
NWS: “55 million in damage to property. Extensive damage was also done to crops.”
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
Scott County, which includes Scott City, has been named in 10 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 2005, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane, 1 snowstorm). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Scott County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail; Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.5 million a year, the 39th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.1 million (40%), is from hail.
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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