Thunderstorm Wind in Kinney County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind in Kinney County, Texas: 45 recorded events between 1956 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 84. That places the county #2,762 nationally and #224 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Kinney County is the 1980s, when 13 of the county's 45 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 Kinney County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 21.5% of all recorded severe weather across 4 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,762 for this hazard and #224 within Texas, putting it in the 12.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Kinney County with 13 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 89
• Flash Flood 61

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Kinney County, Texas?

45 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Kinney County between 1956 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Kinney County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Kinney County measured 84.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Kinney 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.