Thunderstorm Wind in Gates County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind in Gates County, North Carolina: 90 recorded events between 1985 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 61. That places the county #2,334 nationally and #81 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Gates County is the 2010s, when 26 of the county's 90 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 Gates County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 51.1% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,334 for this hazard and #81 within North Carolina, putting it in the 25.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Gates County with 21 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.

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Gates County, North Carolina?

90 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Gates County between 1985 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Gates County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Gates 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.