Storms in Kansas in 1955
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1955, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Kansas in 1955 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
- 161
- Deaths
- 81
- Injuries
- 275
- Damage
- $1.8 million
- Episodes
- 42
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 | 101 | 81 | 275 | $1.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1955
April 1955
- Tornado in Kansas, April 12, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 19, 1955
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 22, 1955
- Tornadoes in Kansas, April 27, 1955
May 1955
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 2, 1955
- Tornado in Kansas, May 6, 1955
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 9, 1955
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 11, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 15, 1955
- Hail in Kansas, May 16, 1955
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1955
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 23, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 25, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 27, 1955
June 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 1, 1955
- Tornado in Kansas, June 2, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 3, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 4, 1955
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 5, 1955
- Tornadoes in Kansas, June 12, 1955
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 15, 1955
- Tornadoes in Kansas, June 17, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 21, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 30, 1955
July 1955
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1955
- Hail in Kansas, July 4, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 9, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 12, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 13, 1955
- Tornadoes in Kansas, July 18, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 22, 1955
- Tornado in Kansas, July 23, 1955
August 1955
September 1955
- Tornado in Kansas, September 10, 1955
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 20, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 21, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 22, 1955
October 1955
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Every year in KansasEvery state in 1955Tornadoes in Kansas in 195519541956
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.