Storms in Missouri in 2018

1,967 events in 225 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 2018, 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 2018 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: 1,967
Deaths: 29
Injuries: 277
Damage: $9.3 million
Episodes: 225

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
Thunderstorm Wind	567	0	2	$379,000
Hail	350	18	2	$358,000
Drought	167	0	0
Flood	150	0	0	$98,000
Heavy Rain	110	0	0
Flash Flood	87	1	2	$494,000
Winter Weather	83	5	47	$250,000
Strong Wind	78	0	0	$78,000
Heat	60	0	122
Dense Fog	57	0	0
Frost/Freeze	51	0	0	$5,000
Tornado	50	1	7	$7.3 million
Blizzard	49	0	3
Excessive Heat	27	0	89
Cold/Wind Chill	21	2	0
Heavy Snow	18	0	0
Lightning	14	1	1	$95,000
Ice Storm	9	0	0
Funnel Cloud	9	0	0
Winter Storm	6	0	2
High Wind	2	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0
Wildfire	1	0	0	$250,000

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.