Thunderstorm Wind in Perquimans County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind in Perquimans County, North Carolina: 58 recorded events between 1974 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 60. That places the county #2,650 nationally and #93 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Perquimans County is the 2000s, when 23 of the county's 58 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 Perquimans County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 40.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,650 for this hazard and #93 within North Carolina, putting it in the 16.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Perquimans County with 15 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 Perquimans County, North Carolina?

58 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Perquimans County between 1974 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Perquimans County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Perquimans County measured 60.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Perquimans 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.