Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Thunderstorm Wind in Bertie County, North Carolina

93

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

3

Direct injuries

$395K

Property damage

Thunderstorm Wind in Bertie County, North Carolina: 93 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,292 nationally and #78 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Thunderstorm Wind in Bertie County, North Carolina: events per decade

Thunderstorm Wind in Bertie County, North Carolina: recorded events per decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Bertie County, North Carolina: recorded events per decade

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Bertie County is the 2010s, when 23 of the county's 93 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 Bertie County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 42.1% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,292 for this hazard and #78 within North Carolina, putting it in the 27.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

4Jan
1Feb
9Mar
3Apr
19May
23Jun
18Jul
8Aug
3Sep
1Oct
4Nov
0Dec

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Bertie County with 23 recorded events, while Dec 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.

Significant events

Deadliest on record

DateLocationScaleDeathsInjuriesDamage
Nov 12, 1995Kelford002$125K
Apr 7, 2022CREMO5001$30K
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

Most recent

Latest recorded events

DateLocationMagnitudeDamage
Mar 5, 2025WOODVILLE50$1K
May 27, 2024POWELLSVILLE50$2K
May 27, 2024KELFORD50$2K
Aug 8, 2023WOODVILLE50$1K
Jul 3, 2023QUITSNA50$3K
Jul 17, 2022ELLIS STORE50$1K
Jun 17, 2022ROXOBEL50$3K
May 7, 2022ROXOBEL50$24K
Apr 7, 2022CREMO50$30K
Mar 28, 2021BUENA VISTA50$2K
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · recent entries may be preliminary

Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Bertie County, North Carolina?

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

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Bertie County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Bertie 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.

Cite this page

“Thunderstorm Wind in Bertie County, North Carolina.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-carolina/bertie-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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