Severe Weather History


Missouri Heavy Rain History: 1,045 Recorded Events

1,040

Recorded events

95

Counties affected

2

Direct deaths

$7.4M

Property damage

Missouri heavy rain history: 1,040 recorded events across 95 counties between 1997 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Missouri heavy rain history by decade

Missouri heavy rain history: recorded events per decade
Missouri heavy rain history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 634 reported heavy rain events across Missouri. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most heavy rain events in Missouri

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Greene County1210$02009–2025
#2Taney County420$02011–2025
#3Wright County390$02009–2025
#4Barry County350$10K2004–2025
#5Polk County330$02009–2025
#6Jasper County320$02009–2025
#7Phelps County320$02009–2024
#8Christian County320$02009–2025
#9Webster County320$02009–2025
#10McDonald County290$02013–2025
#11Douglas County270$02004–2025
#12Cape Girardeau County270$29K2003–2015
#13Pulaski County250$02009–2020
#14Dent County240$02009–2024
#15Newton County230$02009–2025
#16Laclede County230$02009–2024
#17Howell County220$02009–2025
#18Texas County220$02013–2025
#19Lawrence County210$02004–2025
#20Camden County200$02015–2022
#21Butler County190$50K2004–2025
#22Benton County180$02014–2021
#23Dade County160$02009–2025
#24Stone County150$02013–2025
#25Scott County150$10K2003–2015
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

Significant events

Deadliest heavy rain events in Missouri

DateCountyScaleDeathsInjuries
May 9, 2003Monroe County—10
Feb 26, 1997St. Francois County—10
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

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