Thunderstorm Wind in Montgomery County, Arkansas

Thunderstorm Wind in Montgomery County, Arkansas: 190 recorded events between 1969 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #1,121 nationally and #40 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Montgomery County is the 2000s, when 46 of the county's 190 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 Montgomery County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 42.1% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,121 for this hazard and #40 within Arkansas, putting it in the 64.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Montgomery County with 35 recorded events, while Dec 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 149
• Flash Flood 62

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

190 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Montgomery County between 1969 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Montgomery County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Montgomery County measured 74.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Montgomery 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.