Thunderstorm Wind in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Thunderstorm Wind in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin: 71 recorded events between 1970 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #2,549 nationally and #68 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Kewaunee County is the 2000s, when 16 of the county's 71 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Kewaunee County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 46.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,549 for this hazard and #68 within Wisconsin, putting it in the 19.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Kewaunee County with 25 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin?

71 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Kewaunee County between 1970 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Kewaunee County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Kewaunee County measured 90.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Kewaunee County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.