Thunderstorm Wind in Weston County, Wyoming

Thunderstorm Wind in Weston County, Wyoming: 169 recorded events between 1962 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #1,329 nationally and #5 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Weston County is the 2010s, when 56 of the county's 169 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 Weston County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 32.3% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,329 for this hazard and #5 within Wyoming, putting it in the 57.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Weston County with 53 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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How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Weston County, Wyoming?

169 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Weston County between 1962 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Weston County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Weston County measured 90.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Weston 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.