Kansas Storm History: Every Flood, Storm and Heat Wave Since 1950

The worst in Kansas on the map

The deadliest and costliest episodes on record here, 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

The record

Events: 94,007
Deaths: 475
Injuries: 4,268
Damage: $6.2 billion

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.

Every year

Tap a year for every episode 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.

Deaths each year

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	40,229	0	130	$938 million
Thunderstorm Wind	26,021	19	401	$444 million
Tornado	4,965	238	2,854	$3.4 billion
High Wind	3,336	6	40	$21 million
Flash Flood	2,958	21	30	$342 million
Drought	2,928	0	0	$397 million
Winter Storm	2,730	25	118	$174 million
Winter Weather	1,845	53	366	$5.6 million
Flood	1,646	11	8	$140 million
Heavy Snow	1,584	17	75	$13 million
Heavy Rain	1,562	2	9	$2.3 million
Blizzard	688	9	19	$8.6 million
Heat	574	13	32	$3.5 million
Ice Storm	563	16	35	$203 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	388	4	1	$11,000
Lightning	342	10	40	$13 million
Excessive Heat	323	7	6	$448,000
Dense Fog	311	6	24	$120,000
Funnel Cloud	245	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	233	1	0	$804,000
Dust Storm	204	13	57	$303,000
Strong Wind	145	1	5	$740,000
Wildfire	92	3	10	$73 million
Frost/Freeze	70	0	4	$40 million
Sleet	22	0	1
Freezing Fog	2	0	3	$40,000
Dust Devil	1	0	0

The deadliest

The costliest

Counties

Every storm event filed in each county, including the zone-filed ones that covered it.

Counties and zones as filed

The places filed most often, as the offices named them.

County or zone	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Sedgwick	2,933	18	471	$1.3 billion
Butler	1,858	31	225	$357 million
Ford	1,773	0	13	$28 million
Sherman	1,484	2	9	$34 million
Shawnee	1,476	19	626	$303 million
Cowley	1,433	77	301	$59 million
Reno	1,418	2	43	$94 million
Johnson	1,381	4	30	$23 million
Finney	1,315	2	44	$100 million
Sumner	1,168	6	23	$46 million
Barton	1,122	2	61	$116 million
Russell	1,098	2	28	$8.7 million
Ellis	1,026	1	12	$13 million
McPherson	1,004	2	22	$91 million
Pratt	1,002	3	10	$28 million
Thomas	965	0	8	$23 million
Douglas	906	1	81	$63 million
Dickinson	885	2	18	$57 million
Cheyenne	880	0	0	$10 million
Lyon	872	10	205	$59 million
Osage	868	22	26	$34 million
Jefferson	863	1	24	$35 million
Gray	861	0	3	$12 million
Rawlins	852	0	7	$2.6 million
Logan	852	0	0	$2.9 million
Saline	834	0	75	$73 million
Montgomery	805	6	5	$96 million
Kingman	782	0	5	$5.8 million
Gove	773	0	4	$11 million
Cloud	770	1	14	$35 million
Pawnee	766	0	5	$6.6 million
Leavenworth	763	2	28	$49 million
Cherokee	756	4	61	$39 million
Pottawatomie	751	0	8	$9.9 million
Meade	749	0	0	$9.9 million
Barber	742	0	4	$2.6 million
Marion	720	1	20	$48 million
Harper	716	0	7	$13 million
Seward	713	0	19	$28 million
Ness	712	0	4	$8.8 million
Hodgeman	711	0	4	$4.6 million
Rush	707	0	8	$13 million
Kearny	704	0	2	$5.8 million
Stafford	703	3	8	$2.5 million
Graham	701	0	1	$10 million
Ellsworth	699	0	1	$15 million
Riley	696	1	57	$111 million
Clark	691	0	0	$2.5 million
Ottawa	687	2	12	$64 million
Scott	685	2	2	$6.7 million
Harvey	671	1	68	$58 million
Crawford	666	4	51	$51 million
Rice	661	0	6	$37 million
Republic	655	0	13	$17 million
Wallace	655	0	4	$12 million
Marshall	646	0	1	$28 million
Sheridan	644	0	0	$8.1 million
Trego	643	5	101	$14 million
Lincoln	639	0	3	$29 million
Norton	637	1	4	$19 million
Kiowa	629	11	74	$256 million
Comanche	627	0	3	$3.3 million
Hamilton	621	0	1	$785,000
Washington	621	2	12	$28 million
Decatur	615	0	7	$9.9 million
Labette	611	3	44	$84 million
Stanton	601	0	3	$506,000
Franklin	588	4	29	$17 million
Phillips	585	0	4	$61 million
Osborne	583	0	14	$50 million
Wabaunsee	580	2	28	$32 million
Edwards	579	0	8	$8.7 million
Mitchell	578	3	23	$79 million
Jewell	566	0	4	$91 million
Morton	560	1	2	$3.4 million
Greenwood	559	1	18	$29 million
Grant	553	0	10	$7.0 million
Rooks	552	0	10	$69 million
Neosho	544	1	4	$22 million
Clay	538	1	31	$56 million
Nemaha	518	0	3	$12 million
Coffey	513	2	26	$6.7 million
Smith	507	0	2	$70 million
Wichita	497	0	5	$7.2 million
Geary	492	0	16	$6.7 million
Morris	492	1	8	$8.4 million
Greeley	485	0	0	$15 million
Lane	483	0	3	$3.1 million
Chautauqua	475	0	0	$902,000
Stevens	472	1	5	$10 million
Jackson	462	6	19	$9.9 million
Brown	462	0	9	$8.6 million
Haskell	453	0	7	$13 million
Bourbon	452	0	0	$38 million
Allen	448	0	6	$17 million
Wyandotte	442	2	47	$29 million
Wilson	435	1	1	$24 million
Miami	416	6	31	$25 million
Anderson	408	3	13	$7.6 million
Chase	385	6	13	$6.6 million
Sherman zone	375	10	81	$9.6 million
Ford zone	358	2	1	$363,000
Elk	345	2	8	$31 million
Finney zone	318	0	0	$592,000
Linn	283	0	3	$11 million
Thomas zone	282	9	32	$5.1 million
Woodson	275	1	12	$7.4 million
Atchison	270	0	10	$29 million
Cheyenne zone	262	1	1	$5.6 million
Logan zone	245	1	7	$3.6 million
Rawlins zone	245	0	9	$195,000
Wallace zone	234	0	2	$389,000
Sedgwick zone	217	22	142	$14 million
Reno zone	212	10	24	$55 million
Doniphan	203	0	2	$27 million
Smith zone	203	1	0	$21 million
Rooks zone	203	0	0	$43 million
Gove zone	203	2	9	$18 million
Scott zone	199	0	0	$169,000
Phillips zone	198	0	0	$41 million
Decatur zone	198	0	0	$2.8 million
Russell zone	194	2	12	$42 million
Osborne zone	193	1	0	$28 million
Morton zone	192	0	0	$800
Greeley zone	192	1	0	$1.4 million
Seward zone	191	0	0	$220,000
Sheridan zone	191	1	0	$13 million
Graham zone	191	0	0	$21 million
Wichita zone	187	1	3	$1.7 million
Jewell zone	182	1	0	$30 million
Norton zone	180	0	2	$22 million
McPherson zone	180	4	6	$12 million
Mitchell zone	179	1	4	$22 million
Shawnee zone	176	7	51	$6.1 million
Barton zone	176	0	13	$14 million
Ellsworth zone	176	1	12	$14 million
Lyon zone	175	3	7	$2.3 million
Saline zone	170	3	29	$12 million
Ellis zone	168	1	1	$10,000
Rice zone	166	2	8	$12 million
Harvey zone	165	3	37	$9.9 million
Butler zone	163	6	21	$27 million
Douglas zone	162	1	24	$1.6 million
Leavenworth zone	160	0	0	$6.4 million
Kingman zone	159	0	4	$20 million
Hamilton zone	157	0	0	$2,000
Osage zone	157	8	12	$1.7 million
Wabaunsee zone	156	0	4	$47,000
Riley zone	156	1	6	$161,000
Dickinson zone	156	6	5	$752,000

Every year

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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.