# Tornadoes in Kansas since 1950: 4,582, #2 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> Kansas has 4,582 tornadoes (6.2% of the US), #2 by count and #4 per person. From NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Tornadoes in Kansas since 1950

Kansas has recorded **4,582 tornadoes since 1950**: 6.2% of the US total of 73,424\. That ranks **#2 by count** and **#4 per person** (154.24 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Kansas has recorded 4,582 tornadoes since 1950, 6.2% of the US total of 73,424.
* That ranks #2 of 51 by count and #4 per person (154.24 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas has the most, with 9,610.
* Kansas’s busiest year was 2008, with 185 tornadoes; it averages 60.3 a year.
* 44 were rated F4/EF4 or stronger.
* Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database, 1950–2025.

#4

national rank (per capita)

4,582

tornadoes

154.24

per 100k residents

The map shows 4,000 of the 4,582, spread evenly; the counts and the CSV have them all.

## The data

Source: [NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/), 1950–2025\. Each tornado at its touchdown point, in the state NOAA records for it. The rating is F-scale before February 2007 and EF-scale after. The 2025 figures can still be revised.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Kansas: 4,582 rows (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/kansas.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/us.csv)

## Put this map on your website — free

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## Kansas tornado history, 1950–2025

### By decade

1950s553

1960s456

1970s301

1980s338

1990s784

2000s1,131

2010s763

2020s256

### By strength

| F0/EF0  | 2,607 |
| ------- | ----- |
| F1/EF1  | 1,122 |
| F2/EF2  | 473   |
| F3/EF3  | 197   |
| F4/EF4  | 38    |
| F5/EF5  | 6     |
| Unrated | 139   |

F-scale before February 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Busiest year: 2008 (185).

### The strongest: every F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 in Kansas, newest first

2019-05-28 · EF42016-05-25 · EF42013-05-18 · EF42012-04-14 · EF42008-06-11 · EF42008-05-23 · EF42007-05-04 · EF52007-02-28 · EF42004-05-12 · F42003-05-04 · F42003-05-04 · F42001-04-21 · F41999-05-03 · F41993-05-07 · F41993-05-05 · F41992-06-15 · F41992-06-15 · F41991-04-26 · F51991-04-26 · F41991-03-26 · F41990-03-13 · F51990-03-13 · F51985-05-10 · F41985-05-10 · F41976-04-17 · F41974-06-08 · F41972-04-30 · F41969-06-23 · F41966-06-08 · F51966-06-08 · F41964-04-12 · F41962-08-06 · F41961-05-07 · F41960-05-19 · F41960-05-19 · F41958-06-10 · F41957-05-20 · F41957-05-20 · F51955-06-04 · F41955-06-04 · F4

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