Thunderstorm Wind in Comanche County, Kansas

Thunderstorm Wind in Comanche County, Kansas: 111 recorded events between 1955 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 88. That places the county #2,069 nationally and #99 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Comanche County is the 2000s, when 34 of the county's 111 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 Comanche County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 17.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,069 for this hazard and #99 within Kansas, putting it in the 34.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Comanche County with 35 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.

• Hail 421
• Tornado 46

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Comanche County, Kansas?

111 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Comanche County between 1955 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Comanche County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Comanche County measured 88.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Comanche 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.