Thunderstorm Wind in Harper County, Oklahoma

Thunderstorm Wind in Harper County, Oklahoma: 205 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 83. That places the county #993 nationally and #50 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Harper County is the 2000s, when 65 of the county's 205 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 Harper County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 33.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #993 for this hazard and #50 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 68.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Harper County with 65 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 Harper County, Oklahoma?

205 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Harper County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Harper County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Harper County measured 83.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Harper 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.