Thunderstorm Wind in Watonwan County, Minnesota

Thunderstorm Wind in Watonwan County, Minnesota: 71 recorded events between 1978 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,549 nationally and #80 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Watonwan County is the 2000s, when 20 of the county's 71 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 Watonwan County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 31.8% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,549 for this hazard and #80 within Minnesota, putting it in the 19.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Watonwan County with 25 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 Watonwan County, Minnesota?

71 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Watonwan County between 1978 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Watonwan County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Watonwan County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Watonwan 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.