Missouri

Storm History: Perry County, Missouri

705 episodes, 752 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Perry County, Missouri: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
752
Deaths
5
Injuries
69
Damage
$113 million
Episodes
705

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Dense Fog8900
Strong Wind6200$62,000
Tornado60350$103 million
Hail5900$6.6 million
Frost/Freeze5500$30,000
Flash Flood5412$482,000
Thunderstorm Wind5302$333,000
Winter Weather5300$4,000
Heat50012
Flood4710$945,000
Winter Storm3701$480,000
Excessive Heat3500
Drought3000
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Heavy Snow1900$50,000
High Wind900$208,000
Ice Storm702$400,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Funnel Cloud400
Freezing Fog200
Heavy Rain100
Wildfire100$1,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Perry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Perry CountyEvery warning in Perry County since 1986Every county in Missouri

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.