Storms in Kansas in 2023

2,837 events in 318 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2023, 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 2023 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: 2,837
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 26
Damage: $28 million
Episodes: 318

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	941	0	0	$594,000
Hail	780	0	1	$18 million
Drought	482	0	0	$9.1 million
Heavy Snow	150	0	0
High Wind	105	0	0
Heavy Rain	90	1	0
Winter Storm	68	0	10
Winter Weather	46	0	0
Tornado	46	0	2	$216,000
Flash Flood	38	0	2	$292,000
Strong Wind	32	0	0
Flood	21	0	0	$63,000
Heat	13	0	0
Dense Fog	11	1	7
Dust Storm	8	0	2	$60,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Lightning	2	0	0	$1,000
Wildfire	1	0	2
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Kansas Every state in 2023 Tornadoes in Kansas in 2023 Warnings in Kansas in 2023 2022 2024

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.