Storms in Kansas in 1951

77 events in 36 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1951, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1955 the record holds tornadoes only.

Kansas in 1951 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 77
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 115
Damage: $3.7 million
Episodes: 36

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Tornado	77	8	115	$3.7 million

Every episode, month by month

March 1951

Tornadoes in Kansas, March 2, 1951$25,000 · 2 events

April 1951

May 1951

June 1951

July 1951

August 1951

September 1951

Tornado in Kansas, September 23, 1951$250 · 1 event

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1951 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1951 1950 1952

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.