Storms in Kansas in 1989

450 events in 55 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1989, 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 1989 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: 450
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 5
Damage: $325,000
Episodes: 55

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	241	3	2
Thunderstorm Wind	178	0	2
Tornado	31	0	1	$325,000

Every episode, month by month

March 1989

April 1989

May 1989

June 1989

July 1989

August 1989

September 1989

October 1989

Tornadoes in Kansas, October 27, 1989F0 · 3 events

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1989 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1989 Warnings in Kansas in 1989 1988 1990

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.