Thunderstorm Wind in Champaign County, Ohio

Thunderstorm Wind in Champaign County, Ohio: 172 recorded events between 1958 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #1,290 nationally and #67 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Champaign County is the 2010s, when 45 of the county's 172 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 Champaign County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 60.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,290 for this hazard and #67 within Ohio, putting it in the 59.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Champaign County with 50 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.

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Champaign County, Ohio?

172 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Champaign County between 1958 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Champaign County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Champaign County measured 78.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Champaign 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.