Thunderstorm Wind in Somerset County, Maryland

Thunderstorm Wind in Somerset County, Maryland: 88 recorded events between 1969 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 79. That places the county #2,355 nationally and #24 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Somerset County is the 2010s, when 28 of the county's 88 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 Somerset County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 52.4% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,355 for this hazard and #24 within Maryland, putting it in the 25.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Somerset County with 33 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.

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Somerset County, Maryland?

88 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Somerset County between 1969 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Somerset County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Somerset County measured 79.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Somerset 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.