Storms in Kansas in 1966

189 events in 45 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1966, 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 1966 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: 189
Deaths: 17
Injuries: 513
Damage: $256 million
Episodes: 45

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	90	0	0
Thunderstorm Wind	64	0	0
Tornado	35	17	513	$256 million

Every episode, month by month

February 1966

Damaging Wind in Kansas, February 8, 196654 kt wind · 1 event

March 1966

April 1966

May 1966

June 1966

July 1966

August 1966

September 1966

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1966 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1966 1965 1967

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.