Thunderstorm Wind in Mower County, Minnesota

Thunderstorm Wind in Mower County, Minnesota: 185 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 81. That places the county #1,166 nationally and #19 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Mower County is the 2010s, when 46 of the county's 185 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 Mower County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 36.9% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,166 for this hazard and #19 within Minnesota, putting it in the 62.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Mower County with 56 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 154
• Flood 50

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Mower County, Minnesota?

185 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Mower County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Mower County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Mower County measured 81.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Mower 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.