Thunderstorm Wind in Clinton County, Missouri

Thunderstorm Wind in Clinton County, Missouri: 142 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,633 nationally and #55 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Clinton County is the 2010s, when 49 of the county's 142 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 Clinton County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 41.2% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,633 for this hazard and #55 within Missouri, putting it in the 48.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Clinton County with 54 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.

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Clinton County, Missouri?

142 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Clinton County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Clinton County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Clinton County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Clinton 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.