Storms in Kansas in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1959, 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 1959 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
- 212
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $1.3 million
- Episodes
- 59
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 67 | 1 | 5 | $1.3 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1959
March 1959
April 1959
May 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 2, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 3, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 4, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 10, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 25, 1959
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1959
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 28, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 29, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 31, 1959
June 1959
- Hail in Kansas, June 2, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 4, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 5, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 11, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 18, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 27, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1959
July 1959
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 4, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 5, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 8, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 10, 1959
- Hail in Kansas, July 11, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 12, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 13, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 16, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 18, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 23, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 30, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 31, 1959
August 1959
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 5, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 13, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 18, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 19, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 21, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 22, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 28, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 29, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 30, 1959
September 1959
- Hail in Kansas, September 1, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 3, 1959
- Hail in Kansas, September 8, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 16, 1959
- Tornadoes in Kansas, September 17, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 20, 1959
- Hail in Kansas, September 26, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, September 27, 1959
October 1959
December 1959
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.