Storms in Kansas in 1961
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1961, 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 1961 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
- 169
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 43
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 | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 49 | 0 | 15 | $11 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1961
March 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, March 5, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 12, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 26, 1961
April 1961
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 20, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 21, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 22, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 24, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 30, 1961
May 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 5, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 6, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 13, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 16, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 17, 1961
- Hail in Kansas, May 19, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 21, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1961
June 1961
- Hail in Kansas, June 1, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 2, 1961
- Hail in Kansas, June 4, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 5, 1961
- Hail in Kansas, June 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 13, 1961
- Hail in Kansas, June 24, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 25, 1961
July 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 1, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 5, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 6, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 11, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 13, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1961
- Hail in Kansas, July 17, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 18, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 20, 1961
- Hail in Kansas, July 24, 1961
August 1961
September 1961
October 1961
November 1961
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Every year in KansasEvery state in 1961Tornadoes in Kansas in 196119601962
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.