Thunderstorm Wind in Pawnee County, Nebraska

Thunderstorm Wind in Pawnee County, Nebraska: 63 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #2,611 nationally and #78 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Pawnee County is the 2020s, when 19 of the county's 63 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 Pawnee County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 30.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,611 for this hazard and #78 within Nebraska, putting it in the 17.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Pawnee County with 18 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 Pawnee County, Nebraska?

63 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Pawnee County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Pawnee County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Pawnee 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.