Storms in Kansas in 2022

2,324 events in 278 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2022, 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 2022 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: 2,324
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 10
Damage: $105 million
Episodes: 278

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
Thunderstorm Wind	507	0	0	$151,000
Hail	463	0	0	$1.6 million
Drought	354	0	0	$45 million
High Wind	271	0	0	$27,000
Heavy Rain	176	0	0
Winter Weather	151	3	1
Heavy Snow	87	0	0
Tornado	63	0	7	$52 million
Winter Storm	56	4	0	$300,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	56	0	0
Dust Storm	45	0	1	$45,000
Flash Flood	30	0	0	$5.5 million
Strong Wind	24	0	0
Flood	21	0	1	$7,000
Wildfire	12	1	0	$310,000
Lightning	3	0	0
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
Blizzard	2	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Kansas Every state in 2022 Tornadoes in Kansas in 2022 Warnings in Kansas in 2022 2021 2023

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.