Thunderstorm Wind in Sullivan County, Missouri

Thunderstorm Wind in Sullivan County, Missouri: 75 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. 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 Sullivan County is the 2000s, when 25 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 Sullivan County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 40.1% of all recorded severe weather across 7 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.

Aug is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Sullivan County with 19 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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How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Sullivan County, Missouri?

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

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Sullivan County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Sullivan 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.