Thunderstorm Wind in Chickasaw County, Iowa

Thunderstorm Wind in Chickasaw County, Iowa: 108 recorded events between 1962 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 100. That places the county #2,119 nationally and #81 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Chickasaw County is the 2010s, when 36 of the county's 108 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 Chickasaw County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 34.2% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,119 for this hazard and #81 within Iowa, putting it in the 32.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Chickasaw County with 37 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 Chickasaw County, Iowa?

108 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Chickasaw County between 1962 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Chickasaw County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Chickasaw County measured 100.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Chickasaw 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.