Thunderstorm Wind in Tripp County, South Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Tripp County, South Dakota: 246 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 85. That places the county #708 nationally and #15 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Tripp County is the 2010s, when 96 of the county's 246 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 Tripp County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 41.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #708 for this hazard and #15 within South Dakota, putting it in the 77.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Tripp County with 104 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 Tripp County, South Dakota?

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

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Tripp County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Tripp 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.