Thunderstorm Wind in Bamberg County, South Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind in Bamberg County, South Carolina: 168 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,340 nationally and #41 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Bamberg County is the 2010s, when 51 of the county's 168 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 Bamberg County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 60.9% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,340 for this hazard and #41 within South Carolina, putting it in the 57.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Bamberg County with 45 recorded events, while Dec 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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How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Bamberg County, South Carolina?

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

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Bamberg County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Bamberg 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.