Kansas Storm & Severe Weather History
Since 1996, Kansas has logged 79,093 severe-weather events — about 2,551 a year — with 168 direct deaths, 1,076 injuries and $3.1B in reported property damage.
By event type
Hail32,916—$468.7M
Thunderstorm Wind20,8257 d$265.0M
High Wind3,3335 d$20.6M
Flash Flood2,91021 d$318.9M
Drought2,909—$688K
Winter Storm2,73014 d$173.4M
Tornado2,64538 d$1.4B
Winter Weather1,8457 d$5.6M
Flood1,6348 d$119.1M
Heavy Snow1,5849 d$13.5M
Heavy Rain1,562—$1.7M
Blizzard6882 d$8.6M
Heat57413 d$3.5M
Ice Storm56315 d$203.3M
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3884 d$11K
Lightning34110 d$12.4M
Events by year
19962026
Notable events (226)
Events with deaths, major damage, or a strong tornado — deadliest first.
Tornado (EF3)May 24, 2016
Ford ·
Tornado (EF3)May 24, 2016
Ford · 1 injured ·
Tornado (EF3)May 24, 2016
Edwards ·
Tornado (EF3)May 24, 2016
Hodgeman ·
Tornado (EF3)November 16, 2015
Seward ·
Tornado (EF3)May 6, 2015
Republic ·
Tornado (EF3)June 3, 2014
Nemaha · 2 injured ·
Tornado (EF3)May 28, 2013
Nemaha ·
Tornado (EF3)May 28, 2013
Ottawa ·
Tornado (EF3)May 19, 2012
Harper ·
Tornado (EF3)May 19, 2012
Kingman ·
Tornado (EF3)May 19, 2012
Harper ·
Tornado (EF4)April 14, 2012
Ellsworth ·
Tornado (EF3)April 14, 2012
Kiowa ·
Tornado (EF3)April 14, 2012
Stafford ·
Tornado (EF3)April 14, 2012
Sumner ·
Tornado (EF3)April 14, 2012
Edwards ·
Tornado (EF3)May 23, 2008
Clark ·
Tornado (EF3)May 23, 2008
Ness ·
Tornado (EF3)May 23, 2008
Comanche ·
Tornado (EF3)May 23, 2008
Stafford ·
Tornado (EF3)May 4, 2007
Stafford · 1 injured ·
Tornado (F3)June 9, 2005
Trego ·
Tornado (F3)May 7, 2002
Ford ·
Tornado (F3)May 7, 2002
Ford ·
Tornado (F3)May 5, 2002
Ellis ·
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Counts are every logged event since 1996; the "notable" list is filtered to events with fatalities, major damage or a strong tornado. Damage is the reporting office's estimate. A record of past weather is not a forecast. See About the Data.