Thunderstorm Wind in Edgefield County, South Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind in Edgefield County, South Carolina: 204 recorded events between 1959 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 85. That places the county #1,002 nationally and #34 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Edgefield County is the 2010s, when 85 of the county's 204 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 Edgefield County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 63.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,002 for this hazard and #34 within South Carolina, putting it in the 68.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Edgefield County with 45 recorded events, while Nov 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 80

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Edgefield County, South Carolina?

204 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Edgefield County between 1959 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Edgefield County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Edgefield County measured 85.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Edgefield 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.