Thunderstorm Wind in Wright County, Iowa

Thunderstorm Wind in Wright County, Iowa: 136 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #1,712 nationally and #57 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Wright County is the 2010s, when 58 of the county's 136 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 Wright County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 38.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,712 for this hazard and #57 within Iowa, putting it in the 45.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Wright County with 62 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 Wright County, Iowa?

136 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Wright County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Wright County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Wright 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.