Thunderstorm Wind in Kalkaska County, Michigan

Thunderstorm Wind in Kalkaska County, Michigan: 46 recorded events between 1981 and 2021. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,754 nationally and #75 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Kalkaska County is the 1990s, when 15 of the county's 46 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 Kalkaska County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 59.7% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,754 for this hazard and #75 within Michigan, putting it in the 12.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Kalkaska County with 20 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.

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Kalkaska County, Michigan?

46 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Kalkaska County between 1981 and 2021, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Kalkaska County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Kalkaska County measured 78.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Kalkaska 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.