Thunderstorm Wind in Ward County, North Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Ward County, North Dakota: 186 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 103. That places the county #1,156 nationally and #9 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Ward County is the 2000s, when 43 of the county's 186 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 Ward County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 31.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,156 for this hazard and #9 within North Dakota, putting it in the 63.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Ward County with 75 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.

• Hail 290
• Tornado 55

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Ward County, North Dakota?

186 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Ward County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Ward County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Ward County measured 103.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Ward 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.