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Missouri damaging wind history

From 2016 to 2025, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 5,859 damaging thunderstorm wind reports in Missouri, 5,852 of them 58 mph or more and 413 of 75 mph or more (measured or estimated), on 536 storm days. The day with the most reports since 1955 was March 6, 2017 (135 reports in Missouri). The highest wind on record is 120 mph, on April 9, 2015. 2026 so far: 985 preliminary reports.

5,859wind reports 2016–2025
5,85258 mph or more
41375 mph or more
120 mphhighest on record
9852026 preliminary reports

Missouri's biggest wind day since 2016: March 6, 2017

75 mph or more58–74 mphbelow 58 mph or no speed given

135 damaging wind reports in Missouri, 16 of 75 mph or more. All storm reports that day →

1990: 721991: 1281992: 1771993: 2871994: 2201995: 3981996: 3081997: 1841998: 3941999: 3342000: 5962001: 4702002: 4162003: 5102004: 4662005: 6322006: 6392007: 3572008: 6712009: 5032010: 5822011: 7302012: 4792013: 3992014: 4472015: 5492016: 4732017: 6622018: 5662019: 6482020: 4052021: 4202022: 3252023: 7312024: 7332025: 896199019931996199920022005200820112014201720202023max 896
Damaging wind reports per year in Missouri, 1990–2025

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Days with the most damaging wind reports in Missouri

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
March 6, 20171351685 mph
May 19, 2025106785 mph
May 6, 20241061181 mph
June 3, 202593275 mph
April 29, 202590591 mph
July 7, 201488072 mph
May 27, 201785690 mph
July 6, 201685985 mph
March 14, 2025842196 mph
June 26, 201184781 mph
July 30, 202381281 mph
July 4, 202680281 mph
June 29, 202580279 mph
April 17, 202679176 mph
November 30, 201876483 mph

Highest wind speeds reported in Missouri

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
April 9, 2015112120 mph
January 29, 2013376120 mph
April 24, 2010224120 mph
May 26, 1996161119 mph
June 4, 197391115 mph
June 21, 195722115 mph
May 10, 201481113 mph
May 4, 20205013110 mph
June 9, 201161110 mph
January 5, 199821110 mph

Missouri damaging wind reports by year

YearDamaging wind reports58 mph+75 mph+HighestDays with reports
2026*9851591996 mph76
20258968955796 mph54
202473373189100 mph57
202373173042100 mph60
20223253251590 mph53
20214204193590 mph44
202040540331110 mph41
201964864842100 mph61
20185665661983 mph55
20176626625790 mph54
20164734732690 mph57
201554954721120 mph63
201444744720113 mph53
201339939739120 mph42
20124794799100 mph51
201173072954110 mph71
201058258232120 mph69
200950350256105 mph59
200867167045100 mph64
20073573571981 mph53
20066396392690 mph72
20056326323785 mph71
20044664664690 mph57
2003510510171104 mph64
20024164042492 mph55
20014703862390 mph59
20005964173496 mph56
19993341841394 mph50
199839428639110 mph59
19971841011492 mph41
199630817120119 mph54
1995398109781 mph51
1994220411185 mph35
199328760481 mph54
199217756897 mph41
199112836498 mph32
19907227290 mph27
19895714686 mph17
198811645789 mph14
198716652486 mph33
1986104305100 mph21
19859943382 mph36
1984157524100 mph29
198311830286 mph36
198225510017100 mph42
198115545996 mph39
198013323290 mph37
19799220381 mph34
197811833686 mph35
19779718381 mph42
19766013185 mph26
197512825390 mph38
197413624799 mph32
19731583914115 mph53
197248207100 mph30
197184234100 mph30
197010719277 mph41
196910444990 mph37
19686015281 mph32
19674322386 mph25
19665425487 mph23
19657737892 mph34
19646421499 mph35
19633618486 mph27
19624814592 mph26
19614619484 mph26
1960252178 mph17
19594716784 mph21
19585719992 mph21
195751137115 mph21
195650157110 mph27
1955165392 mph11

* 2026: preliminary SPC reports; many have no wind speed yet.

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) damaging-wind reports, 1955–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Wind speeds are measured or estimated by spotters, the public and NWS staff; SPC records them in knots and we show mph. 58 mph is the National Weather Service's severe-thunderstorm wind threshold.

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