Thunderstorm Wind in Mercer County, Missouri

Thunderstorm Wind in Mercer County, Missouri: 67 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #2,585 nationally and #112 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Mercer County is the 2010s, when 24 of the county's 67 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 Mercer County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 35.4% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,585 for this hazard and #112 within Missouri, putting it in the 18.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

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

67 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Mercer County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Mercer County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Mercer County measured 74.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Mercer 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.