Thunderstorm Wind in Boyle County, Kentucky

Thunderstorm Wind in Boyle County, Kentucky: 101 recorded events between 1957 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,206 nationally and #97 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Boyle County is the 2010s, when 29 of the county's 101 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 Boyle County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 57.1% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,206 for this hazard and #97 within Kentucky, putting it in the 30.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Boyle County with 22 recorded events, while Jan 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.

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Boyle County, Kentucky?

101 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Boyle County between 1957 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Boyle County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Boyle County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Boyle 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.