Thunderstorm Wind in Boone County, Arkansas

Thunderstorm Wind in Boone County, Arkansas: 191 recorded events between 1959 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,113 nationally and #39 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Boone County is the 2000s, when 56 of the county's 191 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 Boone County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 40.9% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,113 for this hazard and #39 within Arkansas, putting it in the 64.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Boone County with 42 recorded events, while Oct 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 198
• Flash Flood 40

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Boone County, Arkansas?

191 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Boone County between 1959 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Boone County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Boone 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.