Thunderstorm Wind in Howard County, Missouri

Thunderstorm Wind in Howard County, Missouri: 75 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #2,514 nationally and #106 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Howard County is the 2020s, when 18 of the county's 75 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 Howard County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 32.9% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,514 for this hazard and #106 within Missouri, putting it in the 20.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Howard County with 25 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 Howard County, Missouri?

75 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Howard County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Howard County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Howard County measured 75.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Howard 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.