Stanton County, Kansas tornado history

28 tornadoes recorded in or across Stanton County from 1951 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Stanton County

The Storm Prediction Center records 28 tornadoes whose paths touched Stanton County, Kansas between 1951 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 18 May 1977. The most recent was on 5 June 2025.

  • 28tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 412per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Stanton County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01968%
F1 / EF1311%
F2 / EF2518%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating14%

Stanton County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 1990s.1950s11960s11970s51980s31990s92000s12010s32020s5

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s5
1980s3
1990s9
2000s1
2010s3
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May11Jun11Jul3Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May11
Jun11
Jul3
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Stanton County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado18 May 1977, F2, 117.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado5 June 2025, Unknown rating, 0.9 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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