Thunderstorm Wind in Henry County, Missouri

Thunderstorm Wind in Henry County, Missouri: 127 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #1,831 nationally and #67 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Henry County is the 2000s, when 38 of the county's 127 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 Henry County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 34.2% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,831 for this hazard and #67 within Missouri, putting it in the 41.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Henry County with 27 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.

• Hail 154
• Flood 41

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

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

127 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Henry County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Henry County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Henry County measured 74.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Henry 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.