Storms in Kansas in 2017

2,153 events in 244 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2017, 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 2017 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: 2,153
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 21
Damage: $13 million
Episodes: 244

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	984	0	5	$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind	731	0	1	$154,000
Flash Flood	85	1	0	$138,000
Ice Storm	80	0	3	$220,000
Tornado	63	0	2	$3.0 million
Flood	50	0	0	$185,000
Heavy Rain	47	0	0
Blizzard	28	0	0
Winter Weather	25	4	5	$60,000
High Wind	21	0	0	$10,000
Wildfire	15	0	1	$7.1 million
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	6	0	0
Heavy Snow	4	0	0
Lightning	3	0	4
Dust Storm	2	0	0
Strong Wind	1	0	0
Winter Storm	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 2017

Wildfire in Kansas, November 24, 2017$1.0 million · 1 event

December 2017

Every year in Kansas Every state in 2017 Tornadoes in Kansas in 2017 Warnings in Kansas in 2017 2016 2018

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.