Storms in Kansas in 1976

134 events in 36 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1976, 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 1976 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: 134
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 4
Damage: $2.8 million
Episodes: 36

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	Injuries	Damage
Hail	67	0
Thunderstorm Wind	46	0
Tornado	21	4	$2.8 million

Every episode, month by month

February 1976

Hail in Kansas, February 20, 19761 in hail · 2 events

March 1976

April 1976

May 1976

June 1976

July 1976

August 1976

September 1976

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1976 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1976 1975 1977

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.