Thunderstorm Wind in Monroe County, Kentucky

Thunderstorm Wind in Monroe County, Kentucky: 109 recorded events between 1971 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,099 nationally and #95 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Monroe County is the 2000s, when 46 of the county's 109 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 Monroe County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 62.3% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,099 for this hazard and #95 within Kentucky, putting it in the 33.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Monroe County with 27 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 Monroe County, Kentucky?

109 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Monroe County between 1971 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Monroe County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Monroe 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.