Thunderstorm Wind in Kanabec County, Minnesota

Thunderstorm Wind in Kanabec County, Minnesota: 71 recorded events between 1983 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 66. That places the county #2,549 nationally and #80 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Kanabec County is the 2000s, when 23 of the county's 71 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 Kanabec County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 39.4% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,549 for this hazard and #80 within Minnesota, putting it in the 19.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Kanabec County with 28 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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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Kanabec County, Minnesota?

71 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Kanabec County between 1983 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Kanabec County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Kanabec County measured 66.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Kanabec 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.