Storms in Kansas in 2018

2,458 events in 273 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2018, 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 2018 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: 2,458
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 19
Damage: $41 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	811	0	0	$3.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind	741	0	0	$116,000
High Wind	170	0	0	$200
Drought	144	0	0
Heavy Rain	112	0	0
Winter Weather	105	0	0
Blizzard	92	2	1	$3,000
Flood	90	0	0	$912,000
Flash Flood	87	1	4	$21 million
Tornado	48	2	8	$15 million
Winter Storm	17	0	0	$500,000
Dust Storm	17	0	1	$51,000
Wildfire	6	0	5	$3,000
Ice Storm	5	0	0
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Strong Wind	3	0	0	$3,000
Frost/Freeze	3	0	0
Heavy Snow	1	0	0
Sleet	1	0	0
Lightning	1	0	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.