Missouri

Storm History: Saint Charles County, Missouri

623 episodes, 995 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saint Charles 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
995
Deaths
6
Injuries
176
Damage
$368 million
Episodes
623

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
Hail28503$221 million
Tornado229189$98 million
Thunderstorm Wind190115$2.6 million
Flash Flood10122$14 million
Heat42165
Excessive Heat3610
Winter Storm3500$20 million
Flood1700$13 million
High Wind1300$21,000
Heavy Snow1200
Drought900
Ice Storm600$169,000
Heavy Rain500
Lightning302$5,000
Winter Weather300
Cold/Wind Chill300
Sleet200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Frost/Freeze100
Strong Wind100$5,000
Blizzard100

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 Saint Charles County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Saint Charles CountyEvery warning in Saint Charles 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.