Thunderstorm Wind in Kossuth County, Iowa

Thunderstorm Wind in Kossuth County, Iowa: 184 recorded events between 1964 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 85. That places the county #1,175 nationally and #36 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Kossuth County is the 2010s, when 64 of the county's 184 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 Kossuth County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 32.4% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,175 for this hazard and #36 within Iowa, putting it in the 62.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Kossuth County with 55 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 197
• Heavy Rain 61

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Kossuth County, Iowa?

184 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Kossuth County between 1964 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Kossuth County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Kossuth County measured 85.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Kossuth 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.