Kansas

Storm History: Sherman County, Kansas

957 episodes, 1,859 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sherman 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
1,859
Deaths
12
Injuries
90
Damage
$44 million
Episodes
957

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
Hail63412$1.1 million
Tornado47700$32 million
Flash Flood18706$560,000
Thunderstorm Wind17011$390,000
High Wind102012$272,000
Drought6600
Dust Storm64847$7.2 million
Blizzard3100$2,000
Winter Weather3018$210,000
Winter Storm24010$301,000
Heavy Snow2113$50,000
Flood1600$20
Wildfire1501$1.6 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Ice Storm200
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100
Funnel Cloud100
Strong Wind100$23,000
Excessive Heat100

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 Sherman County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Sherman CountyEvery warning in Sherman 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.