Cloud County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Cloud County: 1.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. May 29, 2004Tornado$2.1 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado touched down 4 miles westnorthwest of Jamestown and moved eastnorteast before dissipating 3 miles northnorthwest of Jamestown. Large trees and power poles were downed. A number of farms along the route had significant damage.

2. May 29, 2004Tornado$175,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado touched down in rural areas near Jamestown. The tornado destroyed one house and heavily damaged three others along its 4 mile path. Two sheds were flattened, one of which fell onto two pickup trucks destroying both vehicles. Many power lines were downed. Some irrigation units were toppled.

3. Jul 31, 2007Flash Flood$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Water six inches deep reported to be flowing across 260th road. Several other rural roads in the Clyde area water covered or barricaded. Coop observer reported nearly 6 inches of rain.

4. Jul 22, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An extended period of strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees, tree limbs and power lines. Strong winds also snapped several power poles and knocked down several road signs. Strong winds tore the roof off one building and layed it onto an adjacent street. A window was shattered in another building. At the fair grounds a trailer was flipped over.

5. May 29, 2004Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a 40 foot by 80 foot shop building in Jamestown.

6. Feb 29, 2004Thunderstorm Wind$28,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   strong winds destroyed several outbuildings and a shed at a farmstead. A shed and pickup camper in it were also destroyed.

7. Jun 12, 2004Hail$23,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Large hail damed power transformers doing extensive damage.

8. Mar 23, 2009High Wind, Cloud$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The middle school roof in Concordia was partially blown off. The Sonic drive through bay was blown over into the Super 8 Motel. Marquee Place Nursing Home roof was damaged.

9. May 22, 2004Thunderstorm Wind$15,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong thunderstorm winds ripped shingles off houses and downed trees in a 4 mile path near Concordia.

10. Jul 15, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$10,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Near Clyde, a front porch was ripped off of a new construction home. Also half of a tin roof was ripped off, brick and mortar cracked on all four corners of house, and some rafters cracked and split. A 53 foot trailer was blown onto its side with all the contents spilled-out. Windows were blown out of an old house with steel rod posts and pipes sheered off. The barn roof was lifted up and rafters were broken in the metal shed. The ASOS station at Concordia measured a 67 mph wind gust prior to most of the damage occurring.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

116°FAug 12, 1936

All-time low

−33°FJan 8, 1886

Warmest night

86°FJul 1, 1933

Coldest day

−11°FJan 14, 1888

Wettest day

5.07 inJun 9, 1967

Snowiest day

13.2 inFeb 11, 1965

Hottest year

1934mean 57.8°F

Coldest year

1993mean 51.0°F

Wettest year

199344.79 in

Driest year

198814.54 in

Station Concordia Asos (USW00013984), 1,458 ft elevation, 1.4 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1885 to October 26, 2026; 99.9% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00013984.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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