Thunderstorm Wind in Norman County, Minnesota

Thunderstorm Wind in Norman County, Minnesota: 131 recorded events between 1958 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #1,777 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 Norman County is the 2000s, when 45 of the county's 131 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 Norman County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 38.1% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,777 for this hazard and #46 within Minnesota, putting it in the 43.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Norman County with 49 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 Norman County, Minnesota?

131 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Norman County between 1958 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Norman County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Norman County measured 87.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Norman 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.