Storms in Kansas in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 224
- Deaths
- 19
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $7.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 124 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 69 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 31 | 19 | 6 | $7.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1978
April 1978
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 1, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 3, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 5, 1978
- Tornado in Kansas, April 6, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, April 8, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, April 17, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, April 22, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 30, 1978
May 1978
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 12, 1978
- Tornado in Kansas, May 19, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 23, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 24, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 25, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 30, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1978
June 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 4, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 17, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 19, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 20, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 21, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, June 24, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, June 25, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 26, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 27, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1978
July 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 5, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 6, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 7, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 8, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 11, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 14, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 15, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 19, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 21, 1978
- Tornado in Kansas, July 30, 1978
August 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 1, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, August 2, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 10, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, August 12, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 14, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 15, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 16, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 27, 1978
September 1978
- Hail in Kansas, September 4, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, September 12, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 13, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 15, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 16, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 17, 1978
October 1978
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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.