Thunderstorm Wind in Fulton County, Ohio

Thunderstorm Wind in Fulton County, Ohio: 168 recorded events between 1962 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #1,340 nationally and #70 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Fulton County is the 1990s, when 40 of the county's 168 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 Fulton County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 65.6% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,340 for this hazard and #70 within Ohio, putting it in the 57.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Aug is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Fulton County with 46 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 Fulton County, Ohio?

168 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Fulton County between 1962 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Fulton County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Fulton County measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Fulton 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.