Missouri

Storms in Missouri in 2012

2,351 events in 249 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 2012, 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 2012 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

Open the live radar over Missouri

The year

Events
2,351
Deaths
42
Injuries
916
Damage
$207 million
Episodes
249

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Drought60300$178 million
Hail5362112$1.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind47903$669,000
Excessive Heat22532515
Heat1282215
Winter Weather9500
Dense Fog6300
Flash Flood5400$93,000
Flood3800$52,000
Tornado37670$25 million
Winter Storm2000
Wildfire1601$910,000
Heavy Rain1500
Frost/Freeze1200
Blizzard1000
Strong Wind900
Funnel Cloud500
Lightning300
High Wind200$14,000
Dust Devil100$1,000

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.