Tornado History Map

Gove County, Kansas tornado history

67 tornadoes recorded in or across Gove County from 1950 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Gove County

The Storm Prediction Center records 67 tornadoes whose paths touched Gove County, Kansas between 1950 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 29 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF4 on 23 May 2008. The most recent was on 18 May 2025.

  • 67tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 8injuries
  • 625per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Gove County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04263%
F1 / EF11319%
F2 / EF246%
F3 / EF323%
F4 / EF411%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating57%

Gove County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 22 in 2000s.1950s41960s21970s41980s11990s72000s222010s212020s6

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s2
1970s4
1980s1
1990s7
2000s22
2010s21
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 29 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr2May29Jun10Jul5Aug6Sep4Oct6Nov3Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr2
May29
Jun10
Jul5
Aug6
Sep4
Oct6
Nov3
Dec0

Records for Gove County

  • Strongest: Quinter, Kansas tornado23 May 2008, EF4, 2 injuries, 11.4 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado13 May 1968, F3, 5 injuries, 140.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado18 May 2025, EF3, 13.3 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Gove County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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