Thunderstorm Wind in Stephens County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind in Stephens County, Georgia: 123 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #1,894 nationally and #79 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Stephens County is the 2000s, when 41 of the county's 123 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 Stephens County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 60.0% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,894 for this hazard and #79 within Georgia, putting it in the 39.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Stephens County with 29 recorded events, while Mar 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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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

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

123 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Stephens County between 1957 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Stephens County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Stephens 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.