Storms in Kansas in 2005

3,081 events in 442 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Kansas in 2005 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: 3,081
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 40
Damage: $111 million
Episodes: 442

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	1,459	0	0	$4.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind	638	0	3	$1.7 million
Winter Storm	192	4	2	$36 million
Flash Flood	165	1	9	$17 million
Winter Weather	148	1	8	$48,000
Tornado	140	1	18	$41 million
Dense Fog	83	0	0
Flood	71	0	0	$9.6 million
Heavy Snow	53	0	0
High Wind	51	0	0	$12,000
Heavy Rain	31	0	0	$150,000
Blizzard	17	0	0	$300,000
Lightning	9	0	0	$181,000
Heat	7	1	0
Ice Storm	6	0	0
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0
Frost/Freeze	4	0	0
Strong Wind	2	0	0	$8,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.