Thunderstorm Wind in Kent County, Rhode Island

Thunderstorm Wind in Kent County, Rhode Island: 76 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,499 nationally and #2 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Kent County is the 2010s, when 32 of the county's 76 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 Kent County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 41.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,499 for this hazard and #2 within Rhode Island, putting it in the 20.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Kent County with 20 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.

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Kent County, Rhode Island?

76 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Kent County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Kent County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Kent County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Kent 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.