NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Kansas Hurricane and Tornado History
Every city, with the storms and tornadoes that came near it.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Kansas has 4,582 tornadoes on record since 1950, 241 of them EF3 or stronger, with 196 deaths. No hurricane has passed within 75 miles of any city in the state; the most tornado-prone is Hoisington (215).
- Cities
- 171
- Tornadoes in state
- 4,582
- EF3 or stronger
- 241
- Tornado deaths
- 196
since 1950
Kansas weather by month: rain, temperature and hurricane season by station →
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Storms that reached the most Kansas cities
- Carla 1961Category 4 · 2 cities
- Unnamed 1902 stormCategory 1 · 2 cities
Kansas cities
Hail in Kansas
Tornado season brings hail too. Radar-estimated hail days for Kansas since 2019, with sizes and a map of each storm's swath.