Storms in Kansas in 1985

415 events in 67 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1985, 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 1985 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: 415
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 14
Damage: $13 million
Episodes: 67

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	197	0	2
Thunderstorm Wind	196	0	1
Tornado	22	1	11	$13 million

Every episode, month by month

March 1985

April 1985

May 1985

June 1985

July 1985

August 1985

September 1985

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1985 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1985 1984 1986

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.