Thunderstorm Wind in Butte County, South Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Butte County, South Dakota: 318 recorded events between 1979 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 94. That places the county #392 nationally and #7 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Butte County is the 2010s, when 121 of the county's 318 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 Butte County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 46.9% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #392 for this hazard and #7 within South Dakota, putting it in the 87.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Butte County with 114 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 Butte County, South Dakota?

318 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Butte County between 1979 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Butte County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Butte County measured 94.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Butte 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.