Thunderstorm Wind in Wilkinson County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind in Wilkinson County, Mississippi: 61 recorded events between 1975 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #2,632 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 Wilkinson County is the 2000s, when 19 of the county's 61 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 Wilkinson County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 53.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,632 for this hazard and #80 within Mississippi, putting it in the 16.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Apr is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Wilkinson County with 12 recorded events, while Oct 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.

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

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

61 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Wilkinson County between 1975 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Wilkinson County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Wilkinson 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.