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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit New London, MO

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of New London, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 60 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
60

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of New London

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s24(2 EF3+)
  • 1990s11
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s4
  • 1960s5(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near New London, Missouri
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Mar 12, 2006F419 mi29 mi0 / 0
May 10, 2003F313 mi12 mi0 / 0
May 14, 1961F310 mi127.1 mi0 / 8
Apr 24, 1961F315 mi64.2 mi0 / 3
Apr 2, 2006F213 mi3.5 mi0 / 0
Apr 8, 1999F220 mi27.3 mi0 / 0
Jun 30, 1993F215 mi3 mi0 / 0
Sep 23, 1977F217 mi19.5 mi0 / 3
Apr 23, 1975F21 mi7.3 mi0 / 0
Jun 14, 1957F221 mi18.5 mi0 / 1
Jun 19, 1956F220 mi14 mi0 / 0
May 20, 2013EF18 mi1.16 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 60, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of New London while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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