Thunderstorm Wind in Monroe County, Wisconsin

Thunderstorm Wind in Monroe County, Wisconsin: 231 recorded events between 1955 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 88. That places the county #804 nationally and #13 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Monroe County is the 2000s, when 65 of the county's 231 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 Monroe County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 45.2% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #804 for this hazard and #13 within Wisconsin, putting it in the 74.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Monroe County with 76 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 Monroe County, Wisconsin?

231 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Monroe County between 1955 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Monroe County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Monroe County measured 88.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Monroe 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.