163
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$826K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Adair County, Oklahoma: 163 recorded events between 1966 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #1,399 nationally and #65 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Adair County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Adair County is the 2000s, when 57 of the county's 163 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 Adair County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 33.8% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,399 for this hazard and #65 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 55.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Adair County with 37 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2025 | ADDIELEE | 54 | $0 |
| Jun 7, 2025 | STILWELL | 65 | $2K |
| Nov 4, 2024 | BALLARD | 61 | $10K |
| Nov 4, 2024 | ADDIELEE | 66 | $0 |
| Apr 2, 2024 | BUNCH | 56 | $0 |
| Jun 18, 2023 | STILWELL | 56 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | WESTVILLE | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | ADDIELEE | 54 | $0 |
| Jun 9, 2023 | TITANIC | 56 | $0 |
| Jun 9, 2023 | BARON | 56 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Adair County
- Hail 196
- Tornado 44
- Flash Flood 43
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Very strong thunderstorm winds associated with a downburst damaged seven dwellings including 4 mobile homes and three wood framed houses. Another house was damaged as a large tree fell on it. Two barns were competely destroyed and a small shed was overturned. Numerous other trees and power lines were blown down as well.
At 305 AM CDT, the Oklahoma mesonet site west of Westville measured a wind gust to 70 miles an hour. These winds then moved east to Westville, blowing down numerous trees and limbs in Westville. On Buffington Road, several limbs blocked traffic during the morning commute time. Numerous trees blew into power lines. Utility officials reported some of the worst damage in the Bell community, where whole oak trees were uprooted and roofs were lost froma number of barns.
Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the afternoon of August 20th. Strong thunderstorm winds downed several power lines in Bartlesville and several large tree limbs in Delaware, and 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in Rose. The top was blown out of a large tree onto a house by 70 to 80 mile an hour winds 1 mile south of Catoosa, and power lines were downed and a plate glass window was blown out of a building by 60 mile an hour winds in Dewey. Large tree limbs were blown down by 60 mile an hour winds in Pawhuska, and thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour in Okesa, 4 miles south of Collinsville, in Scraper, and in Westville. Dime size hail fell at Pawhuska.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Adair County, Oklahoma?
163 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Adair County between 1966 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Adair County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Adair County measured 75.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Adair 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.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Adair County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/adair-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.