Storms in Kansas in 1962

237 events in 66 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1962, 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 1962 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

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The year

Events: 237
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 16
Damage: $7.9 million
Episodes: 66

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	Injuries	Damage
Hail	93	0
Thunderstorm Wind	81	0
Tornado	63	16	$7.9 million

Every episode, month by month

March 1962

April 1962

Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 26, 196262 kt wind · 1 event

May 1962

June 1962

July 1962

August 1962

September 1962

October 1962

Hail in Kansas, October 19, 19621.75 in hail · 2 events

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1962 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1962 1961 1963

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.