Thunderstorm Wind in Roberts County, South Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Roberts County, South Dakota: 139 recorded events between 1961 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 83. That places the county #1,665 nationally and #37 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Roberts County is the 2020s, when 53 of the county's 139 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 Roberts County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 40.8% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,665 for this hazard and #37 within South Dakota, putting it in the 47.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Roberts County with 69 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 Roberts County, South Dakota?

139 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Roberts County between 1961 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Roberts County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Roberts 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.