Miami County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Miami County: 4.
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.

Claims by ZIP code

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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.

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. Jul 1, 2007Flood$16.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie experienced the second highest|flood crest on record. The crest was at 49.19 feet on July 1st at 20:27|CST, or 21.19 feet above flood stage. Numerous homes and businesses suffered total loss, or severe damage.

2. Aug 25, 2004Lightning$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   House struck by lightning and totally destroyed by fire.

3. Jul 13, 1997Lightning$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lightning struck a house causing a fire during a thunderstorm. Several rooms of the house were damaged.

4. Apr 15, 2026Hail$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several social media photos and videos of hail up to tennis ball size in Osawatomie. Multiple homes and vehicles were damaged, with many windows and windshields cracked or broken from the hail.

5. Aug 13, 2010Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 80 mph. Several homes had their roofs blown off.

6. Apr 29, 2019Tornado$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   During an overnight complex of thunderstorms a QLCS tornado formed just south of Paola. The tornado impacted a church and did room damage. Several grave markers were also damaged in a nearby cemetery, and the flag pole in front of the church was bent completely over.

7. Apr 15, 2026Hail$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Softball sized hail (4 inch) reported on north side of Paola.

8. Jan 19, 2019Winter Weather, Miami$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A snow plow driver for the Kansas Department of Transportation was killed Saturday morning after his vehicle crashed during snow removal operations.|||From KWCH12: The Kansas Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Stephen Windler, of Paola, was traveling south on U.S. 69 south of 207th Street in Johnson County when he turned his plow to the right. He crashed into the grass and fell out of the vehicle.||EMS pronounced Windler dead on the scene. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.||Link to the story: https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Snow-Plow-driver-dies-after-fatal-accident--504597511.html .

9. May 17, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A house was damaged by thunderstorm winds in Bucyrus.

10. Jul 29, 2012Thunderstorm Wind$10,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. Trees up to three feet in diameter, were uprooted or snapped off, at the Osawatomie golf course. There was also some shingle and roof damage reported with area residences.

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

114°FJul 13, 1954

All-time low

−15°FFeb 16, 2021

Warmest night

83°FJul 14, 1954

Coldest day

−2°FFeb 15, 2021

Wettest day

5.66 inJul 11, 2006

Snowiest day

11.0 inMar 3, 1952

Hottest year

2012mean 58.9°F

Coldest year

1951mean 52.7°F

Wettest year

195158.13 in

Driest year

195321.41 in

Station Olathe Johnson County Ind Airport (USW00093909), 1,055 ft elevation, 16.0 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1945 to October 26, 2026; 97.4% 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 USW00093909.
• 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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