Blizzard in Missouri
Every blizzard event the National Weather Service has filed in Missouri, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
The most significant on the map
The most significant blizzard episodes in Missouri.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 171
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $140,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Missouri, February 1, 2011A major winter storm brought heavy wintry precipitation to the Missouri Ozarks and southeast Kansas on February 1, 2011.
- Blizzard in Missouri, November 25, 2018An extremely early season blizzard impacted most of northern and central Missouri on November 25, 2018. The snowstorm was more indicative of a storm that would affect the area in the deep winter, as opposed to the middle to late part of autumn.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Missouri, February 1 to 2, 2011The first true blizzard in many years hit from Central to Northeast Missouri. Up to 20 inches of snow fell along with winds gusting over 40 mph. For many counties it was a record snowfall event.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Missouri, February 1 to 2, 2011A historic winter storm impacted a wide swath of the central and eastern United|States on Tuesday, February 1st into Wednesday, February 2nd. This was one of the|strongest blizzards ever to impact the region.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Missouri, January 4 to 6, 2025On January 4, 2025, a potent mid latitude extratropical cyclone began impacting the region. First, this brought freezing drizzle to the area on the afternoon and evening hours of Jan 4th, with major impacts to roadways across the KC metro.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Missouri, December 24 to 26, 2009An unusually strong storm system wreaked havoc on a large portion of the central United States during one of the heaviest travel periods of the year.
- Blizzard in Missouri, December 7 to 9, 2009A powerful storm system brought heavy snow, ice and even blizzard conditions, to a large portion of the central plains, on December 7-9, 2009.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Missouri, December 20, 2012After nearly two years without a significant winter weather event in the local area, a major winter storm impacted the region from the evening of Wednesday December 19th through the morning on Thursday, December 20th.
- Blizzard in Missouri, November 25 to 26, 2018A strong area of low pressure tracked east across Kansas, Missouri, and central Illinois on November 25th, bringing heavy snowfall and gusty winds to the region.
- Blizzard in Missouri, December 9, 2009As the storm system intensified, blizzard conditions developed across much of eastern Iowa and extreme northeast Missouri on December 9, 2009.
- Blizzard in Missouri, February 1 to 2, 2011A tremendous blizzard, one of the worst in memory, impacted much of the region on February 1-2, 2011, as deep low pressure tracked from Texas to southern Indiana. Snowfall totals ranged from 10 to 20 inches with drifts as high as 7 feet.
- Blizzard in Missouri, November 25 to 26, 2018A strong low pressure system moved from Kansas into Central Illinois bringing heavy snows of 4 to 13 inches to the area. Strong north winds gusted to 40 to 50 mph and combined with the heavy snow to produce widespread blizzard conditions.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Missouri, January 8 to 9, 2024A strong winter storm brought heavy wet snow and gusty north winds to eastern IA, northwest IL, and northeast MO on January 9.
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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.