Thunderstorm Wind in Lanier County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind in Lanier County, Georgia: 113 recorded events between 1959 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,041 nationally and #97 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Lanier County is the 2010s, when 47 of the county's 113 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 Lanier County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 75.3% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,041 for this hazard and #97 within Georgia, putting it in the 35.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Apr is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Lanier County with 34 recorded events, while Oct 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 Lanier County, Georgia?

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

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Lanier County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Lanier County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Lanier 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.