Storms in Kansas in 1953
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1953, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1955 the record holds tornadoes only.
Kansas in 1953 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
The year
- Events
- 30
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $608,000
- Episodes
- 17
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 | 30 | 0 | 3 | $608,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1953
April 1953
May 1953
- Tornado in Kansas, May 9, 1953
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 10, 1953
- Tornado in Kansas, May 16, 1953
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 27, 1953
- Tornado in Kansas, May 28, 1953
- Tornado in Kansas, May 29, 1953
June 1953
- Tornado in Kansas, June 5, 1953
- Tornadoes in Kansas, June 7, 1953
- Tornadoes in Kansas, June 19, 1953
- Tornado in Kansas, June 21, 1953
- Tornado in Kansas, June 22, 1953
- Tornadoes in Kansas, June 24, 1953
July 1953
August 1953
More
Every year in KansasEvery state in 1953Tornadoes in Kansas in 195319521954
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.