Thunderstorm Wind in Stevens County, Kansas

Thunderstorm Wind in Stevens County, Kansas: 113 recorded events between 1966 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #2,041 nationally and #98 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Stevens County is the 2000s, when 39 of the county's 113 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 Stevens County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 23.9% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,041 for this hazard and #98 within Kansas, putting it in the 35.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Stevens County with 52 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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How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Stevens County, Kansas?

113 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Stevens County between 1966 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Stevens County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Stevens County measured 90.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Stevens 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.