Thunderstorm Wind in Perry County, Indiana

Thunderstorm Wind in Perry County, Indiana: 105 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #2,155 nationally and #78 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Perry County is the 2010s, when 36 of the county's 105 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 Perry County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 45.9% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,155 for this hazard and #78 within Indiana, putting it in the 31.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Perry County with 22 recorded events, while Feb 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 Perry County, Indiana?

105 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Perry County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Perry County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Perry County measured 90.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Perry 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.