Thunderstorm Wind in Pawnee County, Kansas

Thunderstorm Wind in Pawnee County, Kansas: 209 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 100. That places the county #968 nationally and #50 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Pawnee County is the 1990s, when 59 of the county's 209 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 Pawnee County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 27.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #968 for this hazard and #50 within Kansas, putting it in the 69.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Pawnee County with 60 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 457
• Tornado 45

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Pawnee County, Kansas?

209 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Pawnee County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Pawnee County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Pawnee 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.