Storms in Kansas in 1977

202 events in 69 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1977, 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 1977 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: 202
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Damage: $18 million
Episodes: 69

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	114	0
Thunderstorm Wind	66	0
Tornado	22	1	$18 million

Every episode, month by month

February 1977

Damaging Wind in Kansas, February 23, 19771 event

March 1977

April 1977

Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 29, 19771 event

May 1977

June 1977

July 1977

August 1977

September 1977

October 1977

Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 31, 19770.75 in hail · 2 events

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1977 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1977 1976 1978

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.