Thunderstorm Wind in Hancock County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind in Hancock County, Tennessee: 105 recorded events between 1974 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,155 nationally and #83 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Hancock County is the 2000s, when 53 of the county's 105 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 Hancock County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 80.2% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,155 for this hazard and #83 within Tennessee, putting it in the 31.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Hancock County with 21 recorded events, while Feb 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.

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Hancock County, Tennessee?

105 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Hancock County between 1974 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Hancock County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Hancock County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Hancock 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.