Thunderstorm Wind in Kimble County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind in Kimble County, Texas: 42 recorded events between 1955 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 84. That places the county #2,783 nationally and #227 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Kimble County is the 2000s, when 12 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 Kimble County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 17.4% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,783 for this hazard and #227 within Texas, putting it in the 11.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Kimble County with 11 recorded events, while Feb 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 144
• Flash Flood 40

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Kimble County, Texas?

42 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Kimble County between 1955 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Kimble County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Kimble County measured 84.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Kimble 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.