Thunderstorm Wind in Ellis County, Oklahoma

Thunderstorm Wind in Ellis County, Oklahoma: 228 recorded events between 1955 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #824 nationally and #49 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Ellis County is the 1990s, when 56 of the county's 228 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 Ellis County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 30.3% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #824 for this hazard and #49 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 73.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Ellis County with 56 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.

• Hail 424
• Tornado 82

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Ellis County, Oklahoma?

228 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Ellis County between 1955 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Ellis County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Ellis County measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Ellis 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.