Thunderstorm Wind in Thomas County, Nebraska

Thunderstorm Wind in Thomas County, Nebraska: 58 recorded events between 1978 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #2,650 nationally and #82 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Thomas County is the 2010s, when 27 of the county's 58 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 Thomas County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 22.0% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,650 for this hazard and #82 within Nebraska, putting it in the 16.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Thomas 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.

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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 Thomas County, Nebraska?

58 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Thomas County between 1978 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Thomas County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Thomas County measured 87.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Thomas 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.