Thunderstorm Wind in Grainger County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind in Grainger County, Tennessee: 180 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #1,211 nationally and #45 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Grainger County is the 2000s, when 94 of the county's 180 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 Grainger County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 77.6% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,211 for this hazard and #45 within Tennessee, putting it in the 61.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Grainger County with 43 recorded events, while Dec 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.

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Grainger County, Tennessee?

180 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Grainger County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Grainger County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Grainger County measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Grainger 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.