179
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.5M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Sheridan County, Kansas: 179 recorded events between 1961 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 89. That places the county #1,224 nationally and #65 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Sheridan County, Kansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Sheridan County is the 2000s, when 55 of the county's 179 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 Sheridan County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 30.2% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,224 for this hazard and #65 within Kansas, putting it in the 61.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Sheridan County with 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2025 | HOXIE | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2025 | SELDEN | 53 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2025 | HOXIE | 52 | $0 |
| May 19, 2025 | ANGELUS | 78 | $10K |
| Apr 24, 2025 | HOXIE | 42 | $500 |
| Aug 26, 2024 | HOXIE | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2024 | HOXIE | 70 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2024 | HOXIE | 63 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2024 | SEGUIN | 65 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2024 | ANGELUS | 70 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Sheridan County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Straight-line winds associated with an outflow boundary blew an irrigation pivot onto its side and ripped apart a metal outbuilding storing a tractor at a neighboring property. All damage was laying towards the north to north-northeast.
Multiple reports received of large, healthy trees uprooted and of large tree limbs of an unknown diameter blown down in the city of Hoxie. A few road signs were also blown down around the city. Caller also reported powerlines down west of Hoxie that caused a several hours long power outage.
Damaging thunderstorm winds destroyed a small wooden shed, pushed in the side of a machine shed and pulled metal siding off the shed, broke off partially living tree limbs up to roughly six inches in diameter and broke part of a window in a van parked outside.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Sheridan County, Kansas?
179 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Sheridan County between 1961 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Sheridan County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Sheridan County measured 89.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Sheridan 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 Sheridan County, Kansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kansas/sheridan-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.