Thunderstorm Wind in Amite County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind in Amite County, Mississippi: 109 recorded events between 1975 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 61. That places the county #2,099 nationally and #67 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Amite County is the 1990s, when 36 of the county's 109 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 Amite County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 52.7% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,099 for this hazard and #67 within Mississippi, putting it in the 33.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Apr is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Amite County with 26 recorded events, while Sep 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.

• Tornado 40
• Hail 39

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Amite County, Mississippi?

109 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Amite County between 1975 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Amite County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Amite County measured 61.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Amite 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.