Thunderstorm Wind in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

Thunderstorm Wind in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana: 84 recorded events between 1965 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 60. That places the county #2,409 nationally and #56 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in St. Martin Parish is the 2020s, when 21 of the county's 84 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. Martin Parish archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 44.9% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,409 for this hazard and #56 within Louisiana, putting it in the 23.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in St. Martin Parish with 16 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.

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

84 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in St. Martin Parish between 1965 and 2026, causing 1 direct deaths.

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

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in St. Martin Parish measured 60.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for St. Martin 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.