Thunderstorm Wind in Berrien County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind in Berrien County, Georgia: 156 recorded events between 1961 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 65. That places the county #1,464 nationally and #54 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Berrien County is the 2010s, when 61 of the county's 156 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 Berrien County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 68.4% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,464 for this hazard and #54 within Georgia, putting it in the 53.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Berrien County with 48 recorded events, while Sep 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 Berrien County, Georgia?

156 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Berrien County between 1961 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Berrien County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Berrien County measured 65.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Berrien 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.