Thunderstorm Wind in Washington County, Kentucky

Thunderstorm Wind in Washington County, Kentucky: 100 recorded events between 1968 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #2,218 nationally and #99 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Washington County is the 2010s, when 31 of the county's 100 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 Washington County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 61.3% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,218 for this hazard and #99 within Kentucky, putting it in the 29.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Washington County with 29 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.

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

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

100 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Washington County between 1968 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Washington County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Washington 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.