Cape Girardeau County, Missouri: 7 FEMA declarations and the hail record
Since 2014 FEMA has named Cape Girardeau County 7 times, split 3 storm-type, 4 flood, 0 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts 13 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 9 of 12 full years.
- 7declarations
- 3storm-type
- #14 of 70in MO
- 8 of 9hail years undeclared
Rank #14 of 70 in MO goes to Cape Girardeau County on 7 declarations (above the MO median of 5). Flood leads with 4. Storm, tornado and wind: 3.
Longest quiet stretch: 2,143 days (5.9 years), DR-4451 (July 9, 2019) to DR-4872 (May 21, 2025). DR-4929 came 43 days before the file ends.
Hail at 1 in or more: 9 full years. 8 lack a storm declaration, the first being 2014. 2017 was busiest, 3 days on 6 reports. The other way round, 2025 has a storm declaration and no 1 in hail day: wind, rain or flood water.
9 tornadoes are on record, the strongest EF2, January 11, 2020, near Jackson. Top gust 100 mph (March 14, 2025). Peaks land inside 1 of 3 storm windows.
Year by year
| Cape Girardeau County year | Storm-type | Other | Hail days 1 in+, Cape Girardeau | Hail reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | – | – | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | – | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | – | – | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | – | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 (hail Jan–Jun) | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
All 7 declarations
| Cape Girardeau County # | DR | Declared | Hail days that year, Cape Girardeau | Incident | Kind | Days after prior | NOAA inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 of 7 | 4929 | 2026-08-03 | 1 | 2026-06-04 to 2026-06-18 | Severe Storm DR | 439 | – |
| 6 of 7 | 4872 | 2025-05-21 | 0 | 2025-03-30 to 2025-04-08 | Severe Storm DR | 2143 | – |
| 5 of 7 | 4451 | 2019-07-09 | 2 | 2019-04-29 to 2019-07-05 | Severe Storm DR | 50 | 1.75 in hail; 81 mph gust |
| 4 of 7 | 4435 | 2019-05-20 | 2 | 2019-03-11 to 2019-04-16 | Flood DR | 717 | – |
| 3 of 7 | 4317 | 2017-06-02 | 3 | 2017-04-28 to 2017-05-11 | Flood DR | 498 | 1 in hail |
| 2 of 7 | 4250 | 2016-01-21 | 1 | 2015-12-23 to 2016-01-09 | Flood DR | 19 | – |
| 1 of 7 | 3374 | 2016-01-02 | 1 | 2015-12-22 to 2016-01-09 | Flood EM | first | – |
Hail reports on the map
Roofers we list: Cape Girardeau.
Cape Girardeau County questions
How many FEMA declarations name Cape Girardeau County?
7 since 2014. First: DR-3374, January 2, 2016. Latest: DR-4929, August 3, 2026. Storm 3, flood 4, winter 0, fire 0.
Which Cape Girardeau County hail years have no storm declaration?
8 of 9; the latest is 2024.
Was the biggest Cape Girardeau County hail day declared?
The biggest stone, 2 in hail on August 19, 2014, falls inside none of the 7 declaration windows.
Nearby in MO
- Greene County (7)
- Buchanan County (4)
Method and limits. Sources: OpenFEMA, NOAA Storm Events.