Thunderstorm Wind in Perkins County, South Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Perkins County, South Dakota: 309 recorded events between 1962 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #421 nationally and #8 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Perkins County is the 2010s, when 144 of the county's 309 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 Perkins County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 42.5% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #421 for this hazard and #8 within South Dakota, putting it in the 86.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Perkins County with 120 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.

• Hail 337
• Tornado 45

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Perkins County, South Dakota?

309 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Perkins County between 1962 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Perkins County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Perkins 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.