176
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.8M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Ness County, Kansas: 176 recorded events between 1965 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 79. That places the county #1,255 nationally and #67 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Ness County, Kansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Ness County is the 2000s, when 68 of the county's 176 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 Ness County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 24.9% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,255 for this hazard and #67 within Kansas, putting it in the 60.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Ness County with 51 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2025 | NESS CITY | 52 | $0 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | LAIRD | 70 | $0 |
| Oct 5, 2025 | LAIRD | 56 | $0 |
| Jul 23, 2025 | LAIRD | 50 | $0 |
| May 20, 2025 | BAZINE | 52 | $0 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | BROWNELL | 54 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2024 | RANSOM | 63 | $0 |
| May 19, 2024 | BROWNELL | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | BAZINE | 52 | $0 |
| Feb 27, 2023 | RANSOM | 52 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Ness County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Two separate swaths of hail moved through the county. The first was in a 7 to 12 mile wide swath from 2 miles south of Utica…to Arnold…Ransom…Brownell…and McCracken. The second swath was from 2 miles south of Beeler…to 4 miles south of Ness City…to 3 miles south of Bazine. A dollar amount was not made available…but crops were nearly completely wiped out in the hail swaths and numerous windows were broken out in automobiles and homes.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Ness County, Kansas?
176 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Ness County between 1965 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Ness County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Ness County measured 79.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Ness 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.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Ness County, Kansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kansas/ness-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.