Thunderstorm Wind in Sioux County, Nebraska

Thunderstorm Wind in Sioux County, Nebraska: 48 recorded events between 1958 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #2,737 nationally and #87 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Sioux County is the 2020s, when 21 of the county's 48 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 Sioux County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 14.3% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,737 for this hazard and #87 within Nebraska, putting it in the 13.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Sioux County with 18 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 Sioux County, Nebraska?

48 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Sioux County between 1958 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Sioux County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Sioux 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.