224
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
$3.5M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Norton County, Kansas: 224 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 96. That places the county #852 nationally and #44 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Norton County, Kansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Norton County is the 2000s, when 76 of the county's 224 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 Norton County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 35.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #852 for this hazard and #44 within Kansas, putting it in the 73.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Norton County with 73 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 | NORTON | 43 | 0 | 3 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2025 | ALMENA | 51 | $0 |
| Jun 17, 2025 | CALVERT | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 17, 2025 | DENSMORE | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 17, 2025 | NORTON | 52 | $0 |
| May 15, 2025 | NORTON MUNI ARPT | 56 | $0 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | EDMOND | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | NORTON | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | ORONOQUE | 61 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2024 | ALMENA | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2024 | NORTON | 56 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Norton County
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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
Many 2-3 ft. diameter trees were snapped off across town. One pine tree was also uprooted. Three or four houses in town had trees blown on them. One or two vehicles smashed under fallen trees. Part of a roof was torn off one house.
Strong wind rolled over a camper at the airport. Numerous trees down in Norton. Eighteen electrical poles blown down across Norton. Five or so houses with the north windows blown out. Several houses with trees on the roof. The cover to a grain bin was blown 3/4 of a mile to the south-southeast. Most, if not all, of Norton without power. Large tree blown down with limbs of 3 to 4 inches in diameter broken off. Parts of roofing ripped off building down to the wood.
Mature tree trunks snapped and many large tree limbs broken by the thunderstorm winds. An enclosed small trailer that was loaded was pushed around the corner of a shed, a wooden privacy fence was blown over, a couple electric poles were blown down.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Norton County, Kansas?
224 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Norton County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Norton County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Norton County measured 96.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Norton 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 Norton County, Kansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kansas/norton-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.