Thunderstorm Wind in Lewis County, Kentucky

Thunderstorm Wind in Lewis County, Kentucky: 95 recorded events between 1965 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,270 nationally and #100 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Lewis County is the 2000s, when 26 of the county's 95 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 Lewis County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 46.1% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,270 for this hazard and #100 within Kentucky, putting it in the 28.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Lewis County with 23 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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How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Lewis County, Kentucky?

95 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Lewis County between 1965 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Lewis County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Lewis County measured 78.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Lewis 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.