Thunderstorm Wind in Floyd County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind in Floyd County, Virginia: 90 recorded events between 1989 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,334 nationally and #86 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Floyd County is the 2010s, when 44 of the county's 90 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 Floyd County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 43.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,334 for this hazard and #86 within Virginia, putting it in the 25.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Floyd County with 21 recorded events, while Nov 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 Floyd County, Virginia?

90 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Floyd County between 1989 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Floyd County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Floyd County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Floyd 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.