Storms in Kansas in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 207
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $10 million
- Episodes
- 54
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 | 103 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 31 | 0 | 5 | $10 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1970
April 1970
- Hail in Kansas, April 11, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 18, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 26, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 27, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 30, 1970
May 1970
- Hail in Kansas, May 5, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 8, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 10, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1970
- Hail in Kansas, May 12, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 13, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 14, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1970
- Hail in Kansas, May 23, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 25, 1970
- Hail in Kansas, May 27, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 30, 1970
June 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 9, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 11, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 12, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 13, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 14, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 1970
- Hail in Kansas, June 17, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 18, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 19, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20, 1970
July 1970
- Tornado in Kansas, July 2, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 10, 1970
- Hail in Kansas, July 14, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 27, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 28, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 30, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 31, 1970
August 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 6, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 7, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 12, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 15, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 19, 1970
- Tornado in Kansas, August 21, 1970
September 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 3, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 6, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 9, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 12, 1970
- Hail in Kansas, September 21, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 22, 1970
November 1970
More
Every year in KansasEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Kansas in 197019691971
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.