Thunderstorm Wind in Cherokee County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind in Cherokee County, North Carolina: 166 recorded events between 1965 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,361 nationally and #54 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Cherokee County is the 2000s, when 67 of the county's 166 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 Cherokee County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 64.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,361 for this hazard and #54 within North Carolina, putting it in the 56.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Cherokee County with 47 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.

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

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

166 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Cherokee County between 1965 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Cherokee County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Cherokee County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Cherokee 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.