Thunderstorm Wind in Haakon County, South Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Haakon County, South Dakota: 284 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #511 nationally and #11 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Haakon County is the 2010s, when 92 of the county's 284 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 Haakon County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 49.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #511 for this hazard and #11 within South Dakota, putting it in the 83.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Haakon County with 98 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 Haakon County, South Dakota?

284 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Haakon County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Haakon County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Haakon County measured 90.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Haakon 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.