Thunderstorm Wind in Greene County, Iowa

Thunderstorm Wind in Greene County, Iowa: 117 recorded events between 1958 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #1,976 nationally and #74 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Greene County is the 2000s, when 39 of the county's 117 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 Greene County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 34.9% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,976 for this hazard and #74 within Iowa, putting it in the 37.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Greene County with 43 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 Greene County, Iowa?

117 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Greene County between 1958 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Greene County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Greene 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.