Thunderstorm Wind in Fall River County, South Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Fall River County, South Dakota: 235 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #777 nationally and #16 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Fall River County is the 2010s, when 88 of the county's 235 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 Fall River County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 34.7% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #777 for this hazard and #16 within South Dakota, putting it in the 75.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Fall River County with 96 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 Fall River County, South Dakota?

235 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Fall River County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Fall River County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Fall River County measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Fall River 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.