Storms in Missouri in 2005

2,116 events in 1,205 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Missouri in 2005 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 2,116
Deaths: 16
Injuries: 177
Damage: $35 million
Episodes: 1,205

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	673	0	0	$638,000
Thunderstorm Wind	634	0	5	$1.3 million
Flash Flood	214	3	0	$1.6 million
Flood	162	0	0
Heat	96	8	158	$1,000
Drought	94	0	0	$20 million
Winter Storm	51	2	0
Tornado	40	1	9	$7.7 million
Ice Storm	21	0	0	$20,000
Dense Fog	21	0	0
Heavy Rain	20	0	0
High Wind	18	0	0	$110,000
Lightning	18	2	5	$810,000
Frost/Freeze	17	0	0	$2.6 million
Winter Weather	14	0	0
Heavy Snow	11	0	0
Strong Wind	7	0	0	$23,000
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.