Thunderstorm Wind in Kimball County, Nebraska

Thunderstorm Wind in Kimball County, Nebraska: 59 recorded events between 1962 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,645 nationally and #81 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Kimball County is the 1990s, when 22 of the county's 59 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 Kimball County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 13.8% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,645 for this hazard and #81 within Nebraska, putting it in the 16.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Kimball County with 21 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.

• Hail 260
• Tornado 61

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Kimball County, Nebraska?

59 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Kimball County between 1962 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Kimball County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Kimball 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.