Storms in Kansas in 2010

2,705 events in 314 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2010, 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 2010 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: 2,705
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 113
Damage: $175 million
Episodes: 314

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	1,105	0	22	$15 million
Thunderstorm Wind	710	0	0	$275,000
Flash Flood	164	0	5	$1.5 million
Heat	148	0	0
Excessive Heat	90	0	0	$3.7 million
Tornado	88	0	2	$153 million
Heavy Rain	86	0	0	$5,000
Winter Storm	74	1	27	$149,000
Flood	74	0	3	$930,000
Winter Weather	58	3	44	$147,000
High Wind	36	0	0	$28,000
Heavy Snow	30	0	1	$22,000
Funnel Cloud	14	0	0
Lightning	14	0	1
Strong Wind	4	0	0	$9,000
Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0	$4,000
Freezing Fog	2	0	3	$40,000
Ice Storm	2	0	0
Dust Devil	1	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	1	$100,000
Frost/Freeze	1	0	4	$15,000
Dense Fog	1	0	0	$5,000

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.