84
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$236K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Caldwell County, Missouri: 84 recorded events between 1958 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #2,409 nationally and #99 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Caldwell County, Missouri: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Caldwell County is the 2000s, when 28 of the county's 84 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 Caldwell County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 38.4% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,409 for this hazard and #99 within Missouri, putting it in the 23.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Caldwell County with 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2025 | HAMILTON | 52 | $0 |
| May 19, 2025 | POLO | 52 | $0 |
| May 19, 2025 | MIRABILE | 52 | $0 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | KINGSTON | 56 | $0 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | POLO | 56 | $0 |
| Oct 25, 2024 | HAMILTON | 52 | $0 |
| Aug 13, 2023 | BRAYMER | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | BRECKENRIDGE | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | COWGILL | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 8, 2022 | KINGSTON | 52 | $0 |
Other hazards here
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A storm survey team from the National Weather Service Office in Pleasant Hill, MO reported straight line wind damage in Polo and Braymer. Several sheds were damaged in Polo. On County Road KK along the southeast side of Braymer, a doublewide mobile home was destroyed. Diagonally across the street from the destroyed mobile home, a barn, a chicken house and a grain bin were destroyed on a farmsted. A horse on this property was killed by flying debris.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Caldwell County, Missouri?
84 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Caldwell County between 1958 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Caldwell County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Caldwell County measured 75.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Caldwell 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 Caldwell County, Missouri.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/missouri/caldwell-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.