Thunderstorm Wind in Quitman County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind in Quitman County, Mississippi: 42 recorded events between 1971 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,783 nationally and #82 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Quitman County is the 2000s, when 12 of the county's 42 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 Quitman County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 52.5% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,783 for this hazard and #82 within Mississippi, putting it in the 11.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Quitman County with 9 recorded events, while Oct 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 Quitman County, Mississippi?

42 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Quitman County between 1971 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Quitman County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Quitman County measured 78.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Quitman 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.