Thunderstorm Wind in Leslie County, Kentucky

Thunderstorm Wind in Leslie County, Kentucky: 165 recorded events between 1974 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,377 nationally and #47 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Leslie County is the 2000s, when 72 of the county's 165 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 Leslie County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 49.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,377 for this hazard and #47 within Kentucky, putting it in the 56.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Leslie County with 45 recorded events, while Dec 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 Leslie County, Kentucky?

165 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Leslie County between 1974 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Leslie County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Leslie 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.