Thunderstorm Wind in Polk County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind in Polk County, North Carolina: 114 recorded events between 1966 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 65. That places the county #2,025 nationally and #72 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Polk County is the 2010s, when 40 of the county's 114 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 Polk County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 48.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,025 for this hazard and #72 within North Carolina, putting it in the 35.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Polk County with 32 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.

• Hail 75

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

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

114 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Polk County between 1966 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Polk County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Polk County measured 65.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Polk 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.