Storms in Missouri in 2023

2,303 events in 234 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 2023, 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 2023 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: 2,303
Deaths: 14
Injuries: 207
Damage: $151 million
Episodes: 234

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	731	0	1	$659,000
Hail	550	3	2	$13 million
Drought	287	0	0	$101 million
Flood	134	0	0	$151,000
Flash Flood	125	5	5	$22 million
Heat	101	0	0
Winter Weather	85	0	12
Excessive Heat	82	0	137
Strong Wind	78	0	0	$58,000
Winter Storm	44	1	36
Tornado	23	5	14	$14 million
Heavy Snow	22	0	0	$400,000
High Wind	13	0	0	$11,000
Frost/Freeze	11	0	0
Heavy Rain	7	0	0
Sleet	3	0	0
Lightning	3	0	0
Freezing Fog	3	0	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Missouri Every state in 2023 Tornadoes in Missouri in 2023 Warnings in Missouri in 2023 2022 2024

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.