Storms in Kansas in 1963

156 events in 58 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1963, 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 1963 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

Open the live radar over Kansas

The year

Events: 156
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Damage: $384,000
Episodes: 58

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
Thunderstorm Wind	65	0
Hail	60	0
Tornado	31	3	$384,000

Every episode, month by month

March 1963

April 1963

May 1963

June 1963

July 1963

August 1963

September 1963

October 1963

November 1963

Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, November 21, 1963$3,000 · F2 · 2 events

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1963 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1963 1962 1964

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.