Thunderstorm Wind in Dodge County, Minnesota

Thunderstorm Wind in Dodge County, Minnesota: 125 recorded events between 1961 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #1,870 nationally and #50 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Dodge County is the 2010s, when 41 of the county's 125 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 Dodge County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 34.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,870 for this hazard and #50 within Minnesota, putting it in the 40.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Dodge County with 36 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 Dodge County, Minnesota?

125 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Dodge County between 1961 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Dodge County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Dodge County measured 75.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Dodge 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.