Kansas Storm Data: Hail & Wind History Since 2010
Deduplicated storm activity for Kansas, fused from NWS warnings, storm reports, official records, and FEMA declarations.
Latest Kansas hail and wind storms
- Last reported hail in Kansas (0.75 in.+, screening): October 13, 2026 — 2.50 in. reported at 2 N Hazelton (Barber County), SPC storm report.
- 2026 so far in Kansas: 69 hail days and 110 wind days statewide (days with a storm report or station gust at the screening thresholds; warnings alone never count).
| Date | Largest reported hail | Strongest gust | City pages hit |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 14, 2026 | — | 52 mph measured | — |
| October 13, 2026 | 2.50 in. reported | 70 mph reported | Overland Park, Kansas City, Olathe, Topeka, Shawnee +1 more |
| October 1, 2026 | — | 59 mph measured | Garden City |
| September 23, 2026 | — | 63 mph measured | — |
| September 20, 2026 | — | 75 mph measured | Wichita |
| September 19, 2026 | 2.00 in. reported | 81 mph measured | Topeka, Hutchinson, Garden City, Junction City, Arkansas City |
| September 18, 2026 | — | 69 mph reported | Garden City |
| September 15, 2026 | 2.00 in. reported | 75 mph measured | Wichita, Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee |
| September 14, 2026 | — | 83 mph measured | — |
| September 13, 2026 | — | 84 mph measured | — |
Kansas storm facts
- StormAuditor's analysis of NOAA and National Weather Service records found 8,380 deduplicated storm events (wind, hail, tornado, and flood; NWS warning products included) in Kansas in the 12 months ending October 21, 2026.
- Storm activity touched 105 of 105 Kansas counties over that period.
- The most impacted county in Kansas was Sedgwick, with 225 events.
- The busiest day by event count in Kansas was June 13, 2026, with 282 events.
Kansas storm activity at a glance (last 12 months)
StormAuditor's consolidated public record currently shows 8,380 storm events impacting 105 of Kansas's 105 counties in the trailing 12 months: 4,162 wind events, 3,035 hail events, 284 tornado events, 899 flood events. Every count includes NWS warnings as well as observed reports, so tornado events mean tornado warnings and reports, not confirmed tornadoes.
Events are fused from National Weather Service warnings and Special Weather Statements, observed Local Storm Reports, official NCEI storm records, and FEMA disaster declarations, then consolidated into a single event table under the published methodology.
Wind covers thunderstorm and non-thunderstorm wind alike, so these counts measure something different from the NCEI entry counts in the history section below; the two are not comparable year to year. State totals also count NWS Special Weather Statements (radar-indicated hail or gusts below warning level); city pages leave those out.
Busiest days in Kansas by event count
Ranked by the number of 12-month events, NWS warnings included, so a day with many warnings can outrank a day with larger hail.
- June 13, 2026 — 282 events incl. warnings (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
- May 18, 2026 — 271 events incl. warnings (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
- December 18, 2025 — 254 events incl. warnings (wind)
- June 8, 2026 — 244 events incl. warnings (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
- April 26, 2026 — 242 events incl. warnings (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
Most impacted counties
Events of every type for each county — wind, hail, tornado and flood, NWS warnings and Special Weather Statements included. City pages count wind and hail events only, so a county number on a city page is never higher than the number here.
- Sedgwick — 225 events
- Johnson — 178 events
- Sherman — 149 events
- Thomas — 141 events
- Finney — 133 events
- Ford — 133 events
- Shawnee — 132 events
- Sumner — 131 events
Additional activity recorded under other NWS area names (forecast zones, tribal lands, and former census areas): Iowa Indian Reservation (1) · Kickapoo Indian Reservation (1).
How these numbers are counted
The storm numbers on this page are counted in four different ways, plus the free address check. Each answers a different question with its own size cutoffs, area and time span, so compare numbers within one group, not across groups.
- Storm days (latest hail and wind): A day in the last 12 months when at least one report anywhere in Kansas showed hail 0.75 in. or larger or wind of 45 mph or more (StormAuditor screening thresholds). Reports are NWS storm reports from spotters, the public and officials, plus weather-station gusts, which count from 50 mph. A warning on its own never makes a storm day. The "City pages hit" column and each city's last reported hail apply the same rule within 25 miles of the city. The statewide columns count reports inside Kansas only. City pages count reports within 25 miles of each city, which can reach into a neighboring state; those values name the other state, so a border city's value for a day can be higher than the Kansas value.
- Storm-date pages (NWS severe): A storm-date page is published only when at least one report or station gust within 25 miles of a city met the National Weather Service severe criteria (hail 1.00 in. or larger, or wind 58 mph or more), at least two separate observations were logged, and the day ranks among the most significant. A storm report that relays an airport weather station's reading (the same station, the same gust and the same time) counts once, as the station reading. Not every storm day gets a page; when one does, the page and the storm-day table show the same largest hail and strongest gust.
- Events (12-month counts): Events count the Kansas storm log: NWS warnings and Special Weather Statements (a lower-level NWS alert), storm reports (wind 50 mph+, hail 0.75 in.+), station gusts, NCEI entries and FEMA disaster declarations, for each county affected, floods included. One event is one place on one day, counted separately for each type (wind, hail, tornado, flood). A weather station or storm-report point counts once a day, at that day's highest reading, however many readings it filed; a place with hail and wind on the same day is two events. NWS warnings and Special Weather Statements count once per county per day, and NCEI entries and FEMA declarations once per place per day. A storm report that relays an airport weather station's reading (the same station, the same gust and the same time) counts once, as the station reading. The same report arriving through another feed (SPC or NCEI) is one record. The most impacted counties list uses this count. City pages count only wind and hail within 25 miles and leave out floods and Special Weather Statements, so city counts do not add up to the state total, and a city page's county count is a wind-and-hail count that is never higher than the same county's number here.
- NOAA history (since 2010): The official NOAA storm record (NCEI Storm Events) in Kansas from January 1, 2010 to the day before the 12-month window starts: hail 0.50 in.+, thunderstorm wind 40 mph+ and tornadoes. It is a separate, older record with its own "storm days" (days with any entry), so its counts are not compared with the 12-month numbers.
- Free Report Snapshot: A free YES/NO estimate for one address, from radar and wind analysis at the property rather than area reports, at the same screening thresholds: hail 0.75 in. or wind 45 mph.
Full method: Methodology and Data Sources.
Kansas hail and wind history in NOAA NCEI records, 2010–Oct. 2025
This section covers January 1, 2010 through October 20, 2025. Storms from October 21, 2025 on are in the 12-month summary above, so no date is counted in both.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 30,629 NCEI Storm Events entries in Kansas for this period, on 1,444 separate storm days. Hail is the more common entry — 15,630 hail reports to 13,746 thunderstorm wind reports.
On September 15, 2010, 7.75 in. (larger than softball size) hail was reported in Sedgwick County — the largest in these records for Kansas. Hail of 2 inches or more appears in 16 different years of this record, the latest being 2025 through Oct. 20. The strongest measured thunderstorm gust was 117 mph on July 15, 2016 in Meade County. NCEI also lists 1,253 tornado entries in Kansas — one entry per county a tornado crossed.
Hail peaks in May (32% of all hail reports), while thunderstorm wind reports cluster in June. December through February accounts for 24 storm days.
The most storm days came in 2019, with 100; the fewest in a full year was 79, in 2021 and 2022. Across 2022–2024, Kansas averaged 89 storm days a year, below the 15-year average of 90.
- Average: 90 storm days a year (2010–2024)
- May and June: 52% of all hail reports
- Most hail reports in one year: 1,566 in 2011
- Hail of 1 in. or larger reported in every full year, 2010–2024
| Year | Hail reports | Thunderstorm wind reports | Tornado entries | Storm days | Largest hail | Strongest measured gust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,105 | 710 | 88 | 98 | 7.75 in. | 93 mph |
| 2011 | 1,566 | 991 | 74 | 96 | 6.00 in. | 99 mph |
| 2012 | 946 | 500 | 110 | 89 | 4.50 in. | 79 mph |
| 2013 | 989 | 672 | 58 | 86 | 5.25 in. | 92 mph |
| 2014 | 980 | 771 | 41 | 83 | 4.25 in. | 92 mph |
| 2015 | 912 | 533 | 141 | 96 | 4.50 in. | 112 mph |
| 2016 | 1,034 | 645 | 114 | 95 | 5.00 in. | 117 mph |
| 2017 | 984 | 731 | 63 | 89 | 4.25 in. | 93 mph |
| 2018 | 811 | 741 | 48 | 87 | 4.00 in. | 92 mph |
| 2019 | 839 | 846 | 102 | 100 | 3.00 in. | 105 mph |
| 2020 | 597 | 495 | 17 | 83 | 4.50 in. | 93 mph |
| 2021 | 1,074 | 1,340 | 78 | 79 | 4.00 in. | 114 mph |
| 2022 | 926 | 1,014 | 126 | 79 | 4.00 in. | 92 mph |
| 2023 | 1,560 | 1,882 | 92 | 93 | 4.00 in. | 109 mph |
| 2024 | 767 | 1,043 | 69 | 95 | 4.50 in. | 100 mph |
| 2025 through Oct. 20 | 540 | 832 | 32 | 96 | 4.00 in. | 102 mph |
Counties with the most NCEI storm reports, 2010–Oct. 2025
| County | All entries | Hail | Thunderstorm wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick County | 1,191 | 570 | 608 |
| Butler County | 740 | 359 | 358 |
| Sherman County | 715 | 377 | 316 |
| Ford County | 702 | 365 | 295 |
| Johnson County | 639 | 293 | 330 |
| Shawnee County | 601 | 220 | 369 |
| Thomas County | 536 | 265 | 240 |
| Cowley County | 516 | 257 | 226 |
| Cheyenne County | 500 | 289 | 196 |
| Ellis County | 498 | 282 | 199 |
Download this history: CSV · JSON at https://www.stormauditor.com/downloads/storm-history/ks.json (free, open license, cite StormAuditor).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (thunderstorm wind, hail, and tornado entries; hail 0.50 in. or larger, wind 40 mph or more; wind converted from knots).
Kansas storm history questions, 2010–Oct. 2025
How big did hail get in Kansas, 2010–Oct. 2025?
7.75 in., larger than softball size, reported on September 15, 2010 in Sedgwick County, per NCEI. Hail of 2 inches or more appears in 16 years of this record in all, most recently 2023, 2024 and 2025 through Oct. 20.
Which year had the most storm days in Kansas, 2010–Oct. 2025?
2019, with 100 storm days (839 hail reports, 846 thunderstorm wind reports, 102 tornado entries). The 15-year average is 90 storm days.
How many hail reports does Kansas see in a typical year?
About 1,006 hail reports a year (2010–2024 average), with 1-inch or larger hail reported every year. Thunderstorm wind averages 861 reports a year.
What month has the most hail in Kansas?
May has the most hail reports (4,942, 2010–Oct. 2025), followed by June (3,183) and April (2,616).
What is the strongest measured thunderstorm gust in Kansas, 2010–Oct. 2025?
117 mph, measured on July 15, 2016 in Meade County. Only gusts NCEI lists as measured count here; gusts measured on a date and county with a tornado entry, and entries of 120 knots or more (known entry errors), are left out.
Working storm claims? Roofing contractors, public adjusters, and insurance adjusters work from this same public storm record with statewide hail and wind maps and per-address reports — see StormAuditor for professionals.
Sources: NWS alerts (api.weather.gov) · NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet · ASOS/AWOS station gusts via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet · NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database · every StormAuditor data source.
Download the Kansas dataset (free)
The full consolidated Kansas event list for the trailing 12 months — dates, counties, hazard types, severities, measured gusts and hail sizes, with coordinates; source records deduplicated, and each NWS warning product listed per affected county — downloads free and stays current with the live record: download CSV · JSON at https://www.stormauditor.com/downloads/storm-data/ks.json. Free to reuse under the data license; the JSON file carries a field dictionary and provenance notes.
Research a specific Kansas address
Statewide counts tell you where activity concentrated; they do not tell you what happened at one property. For an individual address:
- Run the Free Report Snapshot — an instant YES/NO against StormAuditor's screening thresholds (wind ≥ 45 mph, hail ≥ 0.75 in., deliberately below the official NWS severe criteria).
- Use the Address Lookup for warnings, storm reports, and station observations at the address.
- Buy a full Weather Report for $2.99 covering every qualifying storm date at the address.
Browse day-by-day activity on the Storm Calendar (Pro plans and higher) or compare states on the Storm Data hub.
All values are derived from public NOAA and NWS data under StormAuditor's published methodology (see Limitations). Data last refreshed October 21, 2026.
See where recent storms tracked on the statewide Kansas hail map and wind map (the Hail and Wind Explorers, included with Pro+ and Organization plans), or check the county impact heatmap (free with an account).
Kansas cities A–Z: last reported hail
- Arkansas City hail & wind history — last hail June 26, 2026 (1.00 in. reported in Oklahoma)
- Dodge City hail & wind history — last hail August 6, 2026 (2.00 in. reported)
- Emporia hail & wind history — last hail September 12, 2026 (1.50 in. reported)
- Garden City hail & wind history — last hail June 20, 2026 (1.25 in. reported)
- Hutchinson hail & wind history — last hail September 19, 2026 (1.25 in. reported)
- Junction City hail & wind history — last hail September 12, 2026 (1.75 in. reported)
- Kansas City hail & wind history — last hail October 13, 2026 (1.50 in. reported)
- Olathe hail & wind history — last hail October 13, 2026 (1.50 in. reported)
- Overland Park hail & wind history — last hail September 15, 2026 (2.00 in. reported)
- Shawnee hail & wind history — last hail October 13, 2026 (1.50 in. reported)
- Topeka hail & wind history — last hail October 13, 2026 (1.75 in. reported)
- Wichita hail & wind history — last hail August 7, 2026 (2.00 in. reported)
Neighboring states: Colorado storm data · Missouri storm data · Nebraska storm data · Oklahoma storm data
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Storm-day records in Kansas
The newest storm-date pages for Kansas cities: a report or station gust within 25 miles of the city met NWS severe criteria (hail 1.00 in.+ or wind 58 mph+), with at least two separate observations. Each page lists the reports, station gusts and a free way to check one address:
- Junction City, KS — September 19, 2026 (gusts 81 mph)
- Topeka, KS — August 14, 2026 (hail 1.25 in., gusts 80 mph)
- Wichita, KS — August 7, 2026 (hail 2.00 in., gusts 61 mph)
- Dodge City, KS — August 6, 2026 (hail 2.00 in.)
- Olathe, KS — August 6, 2026 (gusts 100 mph)
- Overland Park, KS — August 6, 2026 (gusts 100 mph)
- Shawnee, KS — August 6, 2026 (gusts 100 mph)
- Garden City, KS — June 21, 2026 (gusts 82 mph)
- Dodge City, KS — June 16, 2026 (hail 2.75 in.)
- Arkansas City, KS — June 13, 2026 (hail 4.00 in., gusts 76 mph)
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