Thunderstorm Wind in Baker County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind in Baker County, Georgia: 83 recorded events between 1973 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #2,427 nationally and #137 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Baker County is the 2010s, when 34 of the county's 83 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 Baker County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 75.5% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,427 for this hazard and #137 within Georgia, putting it in the 23.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Baker County with 29 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.

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Baker County, Georgia?

83 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Baker County between 1973 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Baker County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Baker 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.