Thunderstorm Wind in Traverse County, Minnesota

Thunderstorm Wind in Traverse County, Minnesota: 64 recorded events between 1955 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 85. That places the county #2,604 nationally and #84 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Traverse County is the 2000s, when 17 of the county's 64 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 Traverse County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 32.5% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,604 for this hazard and #84 within Minnesota, putting it in the 17.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Traverse County with 29 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 Traverse County, Minnesota?

64 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Traverse County between 1955 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Traverse County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Traverse County measured 85.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Traverse 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.