Thunderstorm Wind in Granville County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind in Granville County, North Carolina: 160 recorded events between 1975 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 65. That places the county #1,428 nationally and #55 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Granville County is the 2010s, when 47 of the county's 160 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 Granville County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 53.9% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,428 for this hazard and #55 within North Carolina, putting it in the 54.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Granville County with 45 recorded events, while Feb 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 95

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

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

160 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Granville County between 1975 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Granville County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Granville County measured 65.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Granville 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.