Storms in Kansas in 2015

2,047 events in 273 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2015, 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 2015 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: 2,047
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 15
Damage: $35 million
Episodes: 273

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	912	1	2	$11 million
Thunderstorm Wind	533	0	0	$142,000
Tornado	141	0	11	$15 million
Flash Flood	128	1	1	$867,000
Flood	90	0	0	$1.3 million
Winter Storm	71	0	0	$500,000
Winter Weather	42	0	1
Heavy Rain	37	0	0
Ice Storm	26	0	0	$5.6 million
Drought	24	0	0
High Wind	14	0	0	$120,000
Heavy Snow	9	0	0
Funnel Cloud	9	0	0
Blizzard	6	0	0
Lightning	2	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0	$50,000
Dust Storm	1	0	0	$765,000
Heat	1	1	0

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.