Storms in Kansas in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 236
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $1.5 million
- Episodes
- 55
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 | 105 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 92 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 39 | 0 | 13 | $1.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1971
April 1971
- Hail in Kansas, April 13, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 26, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 27, 1971
May 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 5, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1971
- Hail in Kansas, May 10, 1971
- Tornado in Kansas, May 11, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 16, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 19, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 21, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 22, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 23, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 24, 1971
- Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1971
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 30, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1971
June 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 2, 1971
- Hail in Kansas, June 3, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 4, 1971
- Hail in Kansas, June 5, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 7, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 8, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 9, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 12, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 13, 1971
- Hail in Kansas, June 15, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 16, 1971
- Hail in Kansas, June 17, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 19, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 22, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 30, 1971
July 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 5, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 6, 1971
- Hail in Kansas, July 8, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 9, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 11, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 22, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1971
August 1971
- Hail in Kansas, August 4, 1971
- Hail in Kansas, August 5, 1971
- Tornado in Kansas, August 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 21, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 31, 1971
September 1971
October 1971
November 1971
More
Every year in KansasEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Kansas in 197119701972
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.