Thunderstorm Wind in Chambers County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind in Chambers County, Texas: 76 recorded events between 1959 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 85. That places the county #2,499 nationally and #178 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Chambers County is the 1990s, when 32 of the county's 76 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 Chambers County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 33.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,499 for this hazard and #178 within Texas, putting it in the 20.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Chambers County with 16 recorded events, while Feb 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.

• Hail 53
• Flash Flood 44

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Chambers County, Texas?

76 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Chambers County between 1959 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Chambers County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Chambers County measured 85.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Chambers 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.