McCook

History

McCook was platted in 1882 when the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was extended to that point. It was named in honor of Alexander McDowell McCook, a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On May 17, 2019, a large EF2 tornado tore through parts of McCook, Nebraska. It destroyed a farmhouse, tearing off the roof and completely demolishing the garage. The storm formed around 4:30 p.m. Central Time and quickly developed into a large, wedge tornado. There were no fatalities or severe injuries. The storm was called the Perry EF2, originally forming in Perry, Nebraska.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. McCook's climate is formally classified as hot-summer humid continental. Due to the very hot and humid summers typical of the Midwest and the January daily mean averaging around it has a little bit of influence of the subtropical climates to the south, although except during periods of chinook warming winter nights are much too severe for subtropical plants to thrive. Winters are generally cold and dry and summers hot and humid. Precipitation is concentrated in spring and summer, accumulating to an annual normal of , the majority of which occurs from May through August. }}

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  326
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  324
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  306
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  275
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  223
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  201
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  191
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  179

Largest nearby schools

• MC COOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · MC COOK · 464 students · 15:1 ratio
• MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · MC COOK · 408 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• MC COOK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  Middle · MC COOK · 307 students · 15.3:1 ratio
• CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · MC COOK · 197 students · 13.1:1 ratio
• MC COOK ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
  High · MC COOK
• STEP SCHOOL
  High · MCCOOK

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2010-09-10
  8 km WNW of Norton, Kansas
• M 3 — 2007-04-16
  11 km WSW of Maywood, Nebraska
• M 2.9 — 2003-02-14
  7 km S of Holbrook, Nebraska
• M 2.8 — 2002-04-14
  12 km SSW of Lebanon, Nebraska
• M 3.3 — 2001-11-13
  Kansas