Kansas

Storm History: Hamilton County, Kansas

465 episodes, 778 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hamilton 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
778
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$787,000
Episodes
465

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
Hail37500$44,000
Tornado14601$726,000
High Wind5600$2,000
Flash Flood4600
Thunderstorm Wind4500$16,000
Heavy Snow2300
Winter Storm1800
Winter Weather1600
Flood1400
Blizzard1000
Ice Storm600
Dust Storm500
Dense Fog500
Heavy Rain400
Drought300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Wildfire200
Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Hamilton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hamilton CountyEvery warning in Hamilton 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.