199
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
$303K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Kendall County, Illinois: 199 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #1,047 nationally and #44 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Kendall County, Illinois: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Kendall County is the 2020s, when 61 of the county's 199 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 Kendall County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 54.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,047 for this hazard and #44 within Illinois, putting it in the 66.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Kendall 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2004 | PLANO | 50 | 0 | 1 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2025 | BOULDER HILL | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 24, 2025 | YORKVILLE | 60 | $0 |
| Jul 24, 2025 | MILLBROOK | 55 | $0 |
| Jul 24, 2025 | OSWEGO | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2025 | BOULDER HILL | 55 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2025 | OSWEGO | 60 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2025 | BOULDER HILL | 55 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2025 | OSWEGO | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2025 | BRISTOL | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2025 | PLANO | 50 | $0 |
Other hazards here
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Strong winds produced damage to multiple trees, blew down a section of a fence, and ripped a few shingles off of a home in the Lakewood Creek neighborhood in west Montgomery. This wind damage immediately preceded the development of an EF-0 tornado that tracked from Montgomery to Aurora.
Trees and tree limbs were blown down. Also, trees were down at campground east of Millbrook. Tree limbs were down on a power line in Yorkville. A tree was down on a car in Little Rock. Another tree was down on a power line 3 miles south of Plano.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Kendall County, Illinois?
199 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Kendall County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Kendall County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Kendall County measured 80.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Kendall 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 Kendall County, Illinois.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/illinois/kendall-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.