Thunderstorm Wind in Pipestone County, Minnesota

Thunderstorm Wind in Pipestone County, Minnesota: 89 recorded events between 1955 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #2,346 nationally and #75 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Pipestone County is the 2010s, when 22 of the county's 89 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 Pipestone County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 26.6% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,346 for this hazard and #75 within Minnesota, putting it in the 25.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Pipestone County with 26 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 136
• Flood 77

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

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

89 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Pipestone County between 1955 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Pipestone County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Pipestone County measured 74.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Pipestone 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.