Thunderstorm Wind in Wheeler County, Nebraska

Thunderstorm Wind in Wheeler County, Nebraska: 42 recorded events between 1969 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,783 nationally and #90 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Wheeler County is the 2000s, when 16 of the county's 42 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 Wheeler County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 19.8% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,783 for this hazard and #90 within Nebraska, putting it in the 11.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Wheeler County with 16 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 Wheeler County, Nebraska?

42 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Wheeler County between 1969 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Wheeler County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Wheeler 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.