Kansas

Storm History: Geary County, Kansas

425 episodes, 640 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Geary County, Kansas: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
640
Deaths
4
Injuries
21
Damage
$6.9 million
Episodes
425

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail18800$28,000
Tornado187011$4.3 million
Flash Flood7605$2.3 million
Winter Storm4621
Thunderstorm Wind3700$13,000
Winter Weather1512
Heat1200
Heavy Snow1100
Drought1100
Flood1000$186,000
Ice Storm912$45,000
High Wind800$3,000
Excessive Heat800
Dense Fog700
Blizzard400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning300$44,000
Strong Wind100$15,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Geary County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Geary CountyEvery warning in Geary County since 1986Every county in Kansas

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.