Thunderstorm Wind in Burke County, North Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Burke County, North Dakota: 53 recorded events between 1971 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,693 nationally and #46 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Burke County is the 2010s, when 17 of the county's 53 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 Burke County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 24.8% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,693 for this hazard and #46 within North Dakota, putting it in the 14.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Burke County with 30 recorded events, while Jan 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 Burke County, North Dakota?

53 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Burke County between 1971 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Burke County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Burke 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.