Thunderstorm Wind in Ogemaw County, Michigan

Thunderstorm Wind in Ogemaw County, Michigan: 94 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 65. That places the county #2,281 nationally and #46 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Ogemaw County is the 2000s, when 35 of the county's 94 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 Ogemaw County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 56.3% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,281 for this hazard and #46 within Michigan, putting it in the 27.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Ogemaw County with 40 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 Ogemaw County, Michigan?

94 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Ogemaw County between 1956 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Ogemaw County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Ogemaw County measured 65.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Ogemaw 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.