Storms in Kansas in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 415
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 187
- Damage
- $62 million
- Episodes
- 57
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 | 266 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 104 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 45 | 6 | 187 | $62 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 7, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 8, 1974
April 1974
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 10, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 15, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 19, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 20, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, April 21, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, April 27, 1974
May 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 2, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 9, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 10, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 16, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 19, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 21, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 23, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 24, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 25, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 28, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 29, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 30, 1974
June 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 1, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 3, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 4, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 5, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 6, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, June 7, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 8, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, June 12, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 13, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 17, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 21, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 29, 1974
July 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 3, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 24, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 31, 1974
August 1974
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 5, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 11, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 14, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 15, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, August 16, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 17, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, August 19, 1974
- Tornado in Kansas, August 23, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, August 30, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 31, 1974
September 1974
October 1974
November 1974
More
Every year in KansasEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in Kansas in 197419731975
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.