Kansas

Storm History: Norton County, Kansas

446 episodes, 817 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Norton 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
817
Deaths
1
Injuries
6
Damage
$41 million
Episodes
446

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
Hail33501$3.6 million
Tornado17600$15 million
Drought5600
Flash Flood5510$148,000
Thunderstorm Wind4303$36,000
High Wind2500$7,000
Winter Storm2400$22 million
Flood2100$6,000
Dust Storm2000$500
Blizzard1600$1,000
Heavy Snow1300
Wildfire800
Winter Weather701
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Cold/Wind Chill500
Ice Storm200
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
Lightning100
Dense Fog101

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 Norton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Norton CountyEvery warning in Norton 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.