Thunderstorm Wind in Onslow County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind in Onslow County, North Carolina: 229 recorded events between 1964 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #816 nationally and #39 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Onslow County is the 2010s, when 57 of the county's 229 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 Onslow County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 42.3% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #816 for this hazard and #39 within North Carolina, putting it in the 74.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Onslow County with 63 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.

• Hail 193
• Tornado 50
• Flash Flood 47

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

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

229 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Onslow County between 1964 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Onslow County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Onslow 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.