NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Sedgwick, 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 Sedgwick, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 158 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 17 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 158
- EF3 or stronger
- 17
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
43 deaths in all
What the records show for Sedgwick
The highest rating among the 158 tornadoes within 25 miles is F5, reached 3 times; the most recent, on April 26, 1991, came within 22 miles. Of the 158, 16 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 31 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 51. The most recent tornado was on April 30, 2024. Sedgwick has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 77% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 198 times since 1958, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Sedgwick has more hail reports within 10 miles than 52% of the 171 Kansas cities.
Compare Sedgwick's storm record with another city →
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Sedgwick
By decade
- 2020s3(1 EF3+)
- 2010s16(2 EF3+)
- 2000s12
- 1990s35(5 EF3+)
- 1980s21
- 1970s14(1 EF3+)
- 1960s27(6 EF3+)
- 1950s30(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1991 | F5 | 22 mi | 46 mi | 17 / 225 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F5 | 16 mi | 22 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F5 | 12 mi | 48 mi | 1 / 60 |
| Jun 10, 1958 | F4 | 23 mi | 9 mi | 15 / 5 |
| May 3, 1999 | F4 | 16 mi | 24 mi | 6 / 150 |
| Jun 23, 1969 | F4 | 22 mi | 8.7 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | EF3 | 22 mi | 12.65 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 6, 2015 | EF3 | 11 mi | 16.48 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 14, 2012 | EF3 | 20 mi | 13.2 mi | 0 / 38 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F3 | 21 mi | 18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 1973 | F3 | 13 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 3, 1965 | F3 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 27 |
The strongest 12 of 158, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Sedgwick
The Storm Prediction Center has 198 hail reports within 10 miles of Sedgwick since 1958, made on 125 separate days. Of these, 132 were 1 inch across or larger, and 17 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 4 days, most recently April 9, 1990. The most recent report is from September 3, 2025. May has the most reports, 61.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Sedgwick
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Newton, KS, 8 miles northeast of Sedgwick at 1,441 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 42°F and 20°F. June is the wettest at 5.0 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 33.9 inches over 53 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 62 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 115 nights a year. Snowfall averages 8.8 inches a year, most of it in December. That 33.9 inches is more than at 46 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (45%). Valley Center, 8 miles southeast, has its own station (Wichita Jabara Airport, KS): 32.6 inches a year, 1.3 less than here, and the same July average high, 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42 | 20 | 0.8 | 2 | 2.1 |
| Feb | 47 | 24 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Mar | 57 | 33 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.2 |
| Apr | 67 | 43 | 2.9 | 5 | 0.3 |
| May | 76 | 55 | 4.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 87 | 65 | 5.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 92 | 70 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 68 | 3.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 59 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 70 | 46 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 56 | 33 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 44 | 24 | 1.2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| Year | 67 | 45 | 33.9 | 53 | 8.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Newton, KS (1,441 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 Sedgwick
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 182 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Sedgwick: 134 thunderstorm wind reports, 21 floods, 16 heavy rain events and 11 flash floods. They killed 2 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $2.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 19, 2024. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 11. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 61 have had fewer than Sedgwick.
September 12, 2008: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Sedgwick — 1 killed, 1 injured, $17,000 damage.
May 27, 2016: flood 9 miles from the centre of Sedgwick — 1 killed.
July 22, 2008: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Sedgwick — 2 injured, $250,000 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Sedgwick's ZIP code 67135 have filed 92 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $486,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Midwest Flooding in 1993: 16 claims (17% of all) and $54,000. The year with the most claims was 2005, with 30. 17% 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, 43 have fewer than Sedgwick.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Midwest Flooding1993 | 16 | $54,000 |
Harvey County, which includes Sedgwick, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 fire). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 20, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Harvey County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and hail; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $20.5 million a year, the 15th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.9 million (38%), 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 Sedgwick
- Halstead, KS7 mi
- Valley Center, KS8 mi
- Maize, KS10 mi
- Colwich, KS11 mi
- Newton, KS11 mi
- North Newton, KS12 mi
- Park City, KS13 mi
- Kechi, KS13 mi
- Andale, KS14 mi
- Hesston, KS15 mi
- Wichita, KS17 mi
- Haven, KS19 mi
All Kansas cities →All hurricanes since 1851 →Compare Sedgwick with another place →