Kansas

Storms in Kansas in 2026

1,597 events in 154 episodes, still being filed

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2026, 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 2026 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

Open the live radar over Kansas

The year

Events
1,597
Deaths
2
Injuries
11
Damage
$3.1 million
Episodes
154

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail55400$300,000
Thunderstorm Wind52501$25,000
High Wind17200
Flash Flood7100$337,000
Drought7000
Winter Storm5200
Heavy Snow5100
Tornado4315$2.1 million
Dust Storm1813$13,000
Flood1600
Dense Fog1200
Wildfire1102$325,000
Heavy Rain100
Lightning100

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.