Storms in Kansas in 1960
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1960, 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 1960 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
- 195
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 121
- Damage
- $29 million
- Episodes
- 62
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 61 | 1 | 121 | $29 million |
| Hail | 61 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1960
April 1960
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 13, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 15, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 16, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, April 27, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 28, 1960
- Tornado in Kansas, April 29, 1960
May 1960
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 3, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 4, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, May 5, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 15, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 16, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 19, 1960
- Tornado in Kansas, May 22, 1960
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 23, 1960
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 1960
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 25, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, May 27, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 28, 1960
June 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 1, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, June 5, 1960
- Tornadoes in Kansas, June 9, 1960
- Tornado in Kansas, June 10, 1960
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 11, 1960
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 12, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 15, 1960
- Tornado in Kansas, June 16, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 18, 1960
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 19, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 20, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, June 22, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 23, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, June 28, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, June 29, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 30, 1960
July 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 1, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 2, 1960
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 12, 1960
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, July 17, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, July 18, 1960
- Tornado in Kansas, July 22, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, July 25, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 26, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 28, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 29, 1960
August 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 6, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 7, 1960
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 8, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 9, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 14, 1960
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 17, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 20, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 25, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 28, 1960
September 1960
October 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 4, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 13, 1960
- Tornado in Kansas, October 29, 1960
November 1960
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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.