Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Thunderstorm Wind in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

119

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

0

Direct injuries

$368K

Property damage

Thunderstorm Wind in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana: 119 recorded events between 1955 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #1,945 nationally and #47 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Thunderstorm Wind in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana: events per decade

Thunderstorm Wind in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana: recorded events per decade
Thunderstorm Wind in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana: recorded events per decade

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in St. Charles Parish is the 2010s, when 29 of the county's 119 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 St. Charles Parish archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 46.1% of all recorded severe weather across 10 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,945 for this hazard and #47 within Louisiana, putting it in the 38.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

7Jan
8Feb
11Mar
20Apr
19May
12Jun
13Jul
7Aug
3Sep
10Oct
5Nov
4Dec

Apr is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in St. Charles Parish with 20 recorded events, while Sep 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.

Most recent

Latest recorded events

DateLocationMagnitudeDamage
Apr 25, 2026ST ROSE50$0
Sep 7, 2023NORCO52$36K
May 6, 2023MIMOSA PARK52$1K
May 6, 2023PARADIS52$1K
May 6, 2023GYPSY52$3K
May 6, 2023KILLONA52$2K
Jul 16, 2020LULING50$0
Jul 16, 2020DESTREHAN50$0
Jun 23, 2020GYPSY50$5K
May 12, 2019NEW SARPY50$0
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · recent entries may be preliminary

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Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana?

119 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in St. Charles Parish between 1955 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in St. Charles Parish?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in St. Charles Parish measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for St. Charles Parish 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.

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“Thunderstorm Wind in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/louisiana/st-charles-parish/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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