Missouri

Storm History: Saint Louis County, Missouri

888 episodes, 1,651 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saint Louis 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
1,651
Deaths
71
Injuries
3,529
Damage
$1.5 billion
Episodes
888

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
Hail57147$853 million
Tornado44118426$340 million
Thunderstorm Wind27812$415,000
Flash Flood14750$286 million
Heat57291,251
Excessive Heat38121,788
Winter Storm36054$44 million
Flood1600
High Wind1300$50,000
Heavy Snow1200
Lightning911$265,000
Drought800
Ice Storm500$100,000
Heavy Rain500
Winter Weather400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill210
Sleet200
Strong Wind200$6,000
Frost/Freeze100
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 Louis County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Saint Louis CountyEvery warning in Saint Louis 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.