Thunderstorm Wind in Oxford County, Maine

Thunderstorm Wind in Oxford County, Maine: 254 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #668 nationally and #6 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Oxford County is the 2010s, when 109 of the county's 254 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 Oxford County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 45.0% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #668 for this hazard and #6 within Maine, putting it in the 78.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Oxford County with 104 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.

• Hail 107
• Flash Flood 92
• Flood 73

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Oxford County, Maine?

254 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Oxford County between 1959 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Oxford County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Oxford County measured 90.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Oxford 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.