Thunderstorm Wind in Owsley County, Kentucky

Thunderstorm Wind in Owsley County, Kentucky: 106 recorded events between 1985 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #2,137 nationally and #96 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Owsley County is the 2000s, when 46 of the county's 106 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 Owsley County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 54.9% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,137 for this hazard and #96 within Kentucky, putting it in the 32.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Owsley County with 25 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 Owsley County, Kentucky?

106 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Owsley County between 1985 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Owsley County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Owsley County measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Owsley 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.