Thunderstorm Wind in Holt County, Missouri

Thunderstorm Wind in Holt County, Missouri: 79 recorded events between 1957 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #2,471 nationally and #103 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Holt County is the 2020s, when 17 of the county's 79 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 Holt County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 31.6% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,471 for this hazard and #103 within Missouri, putting it in the 21.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Holt 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 Holt County, Missouri?

79 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Holt County between 1957 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Holt County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Holt County measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Holt 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.