Storms in Missouri in 2021

1,646 events in 178 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 2021, 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 2021 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: 1,646
Deaths: 10
Injuries: 50
Damage: $21 million
Episodes: 178

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	420	1	2	$301,000
Flash Flood	220	1	4	$842,000
Hail	167	0	0	$1.7 million
Winter Weather	145	1	5	$200,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	142	0	0
Flood	124	0	0	$123,000
Winter Storm	107	2	0	$640,000
Frost/Freeze	65	0	0	$3.5 million
Tornado	61	5	18	$13 million
Strong Wind	46	0	0	$46,000
Heat	34	0	0
High Wind	23	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	22	0	0
Heavy Snow	19	0	0
Excessive Heat	18	0	19
Dense Fog	17	0	0
Heavy Rain	8	0	0
Lightning	5	0	2
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Missouri Every state in 2021 Tornadoes in Missouri in 2021 Warnings in Missouri in 2021 2020 2022

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.