102
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$661K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Wichita County, Kansas: 102 recorded events between 1963 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 91. That places the county #2,195 nationally and #101 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Wichita County, Kansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Wichita County is the 2020s, when 35 of the county's 102 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 Wichita County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 21.1% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,195 for this hazard and #101 within Kansas, putting it in the 30.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Wichita County with 42 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2025 | MARIENTHAL | 56 | $0 |
| Jul 7, 2025 | LEOTI | 56 | $0 |
| Jun 29, 2025 | LEOTI | 87 | $0 |
| Jun 29, 2025 | BIRD CITY ARPT | 59 | $0 |
| Jun 29, 2025 | LEOTI | 62 | $0 |
| Jun 29, 2025 | LEOTI | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 15, 2024 | LEOTI | 54 | $0 |
| Jun 13, 2024 | MARIENTHAL | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 13, 2024 | MARIENTHAL | 57 | $0 |
| Jun 13, 2024 | MARIENTHAL | 57 | $0 |
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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
Damage from the straight-line winds were surveyed along N County Road 20 from north of E County Road J to just south of E County Road L. Damage included three irrigation pivots turned over, the top of a mature tree snapped off, the top of two grain bins was damage along with augers going to five grain bins being damaged, the sliding doors being blown in on two metal machine sheds and another sliding door being blown out, along with a couple sheets of tin on the roof being blown loose and a hole being punched through the side of one of them, minor gutter damage to a house, a small shed was completely destroyed and single car garage was blown completely off its foundation.
Damage was reported along E County Road H from the intersection of N County Road 19 to N County Road 20. Damage included an small, old grain bin being blown off its foundation, a pole barn style garage being completely destroyed, the wooden cross member and top of an electric line being broken off, a small shed being completely destroyed, the roof of a machine shed nearly completely removed, and two other pole barn style machine sheds being completely destroyed. Near the location of one of the machine sheds an antenna tower was bent, leaning against a building next to the tower.
A feed yard northwest of Leoti, KS suffered damage from strong thunderstorm outflows. About 20% of the feed warehouse roof was removed. Two smaller wood-frame metal-skin sheds were heavily damaged. Four by eight foot hay bales were blown a short distance. Three irrigation pivots just south of the feed yard were overturned. All debris was blown from SSW to NNE.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Wichita County, Kansas?
102 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Wichita County between 1963 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Wichita County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Wichita County measured 91.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Wichita 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 Wichita County, Kansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kansas/wichita-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.