Storms in Kansas in 1957
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1957, 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 1957 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
- 154
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 36
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 35
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 | 66 | 7 | 36 | $11 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 41 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1957
May 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1957
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 13, 1957
- Hail in Kansas, May 14, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 16, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 24, 1957
- Hail in Kansas, May 28, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 29, 1957
- Tornado in Kansas, May 30, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1957
June 1957
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 9, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 11, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 12, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 13, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 1957
- Tornadoes in Kansas, June 16, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 21, 1957
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1957
- Hail in Kansas, June 25, 1957
- Hail in Kansas, June 26, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 30, 1957
July 1957
August 1957
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 2, 1957
- Hail in Kansas, August 13, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 27, 1957
September 1957
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 4, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 5, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 13, 1957
October 1957
More
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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.