Thunderstorm Wind in Rush County, Kansas

Thunderstorm Wind in Rush County, Kansas: 140 recorded events between 1967 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #1,658 nationally and #83 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Rush County is the 2010s, when 54 of the county's 140 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 Rush County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 19.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,658 for this hazard and #83 within Kansas, putting it in the 47.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Rush County with 36 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 449
• Tornado 53

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

140 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Rush County between 1967 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Rush County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Rush County measured 87.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Rush 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.