133
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$4.0M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Garden County, Nebraska: 133 recorded events between 1971 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 81. That places the county #1,756 nationally and #41 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Garden County, Nebraska: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Garden County is the 2010s, when 56 of the county's 133 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 Garden County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 27.4% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,756 for this hazard and #41 within Nebraska, putting it in the 44.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Garden County with 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2025 | OSHKOSH | 52 | $2K |
| Oct 5, 2025 | OSHKOSH | 52 | $30K |
| Oct 5, 2025 | OSHKOSH | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | LISCO | 56 | $0 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | OSHKOSH | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2025 | LEWELLEN | 52 | $0 |
| May 18, 2025 | OSHKOSH | 53 | $0 |
| May 15, 2025 | LEWELLEN | 65 | $0 |
| May 15, 2025 | LEWELLEN | 50 | $0 |
| May 15, 2025 | OSHKOSH | 51 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Garden County
- Hail 313
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A violent downburst broke off large trees…one which fell on the roof of a small motel. The downburst also caused a pole barn to be destroyed, removed a roof from a machine shed, overturned two pivot irrigation systems, and stripped numerous corn fields on the northeast side of Oshkosh.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Garden County, Nebraska?
133 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Garden County between 1971 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Garden County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Garden County measured 81.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Garden 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 Garden County, Nebraska.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/nebraska/garden-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.