Thunderstorm Wind in Yancey County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind in Yancey County, North Carolina: 41 recorded events between 1967 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 60. That places the county #2,795 nationally and #99 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Yancey County is the 2010s, when 18 of the county's 41 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 Yancey County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 38.7% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,795 for this hazard and #99 within North Carolina, putting it in the 11.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Yancey County with 11 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.

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

41 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Yancey County between 1967 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Yancey County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Yancey County measured 60.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Yancey 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.