Thunderstorm Wind in Gentry County, Missouri

Thunderstorm Wind in Gentry County, Missouri: 71 recorded events between 1958 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,549 nationally and #109 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Gentry County is the 2010s, 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 Gentry County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 30.6% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,549 for this hazard and #109 within Missouri, putting it in the 19.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Gentry County with 26 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 Gentry County, Missouri?

71 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Gentry County between 1958 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Gentry County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Gentry County measured 78.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Gentry 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.