Thunderstorm Wind in Boone County, Illinois

Thunderstorm Wind in Boone County, Illinois: 139 recorded events between 1972 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #1,665 nationally and #63 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Boone County is the 2020s, when 39 of the county's 139 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 Boone County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 52.1% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,665 for this hazard and #63 within Illinois, putting it in the 47.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Boone County with 49 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 Boone County, Illinois?

139 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Boone County between 1972 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Boone County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Boone County measured 75.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Boone 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.