Thunderstorm Wind in Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Thunderstorm Wind in Fulton County, Pennsylvania: 79 recorded events between 1976 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,471 nationally and #65 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 24 of the county's 79 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 60.3% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,471 for this hazard and #65 within Pennsylvania, putting it in the 21.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Fulton County with 25 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.

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Fulton County, Pennsylvania?

79 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Fulton County between 1976 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 78.

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.