Storms in Kansas in 1973

259 events in 65 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1973, 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 1973 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: 259
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 53
Damage: $259 million
Episodes: 65

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	107	0	0
Hail	85	0	0
Tornado	67	6	53	$259 million

Every episode, month by month

March 1973

April 1973

May 1973

June 1973

July 1973

August 1973

September 1973

October 1973

November 1973

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1973 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1973 1972 1974

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.