Thunderstorm Wind in Colorado County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind in Colorado County, Texas: 78 recorded events between 1965 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #2,481 nationally and #172 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Colorado County is the 1990s, when 25 of the county's 78 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 Colorado County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 33.5% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,481 for this hazard and #172 within Texas, putting it in the 21.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Colorado County with 15 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 Colorado County, Texas?

78 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Colorado County between 1965 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Colorado County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Colorado County measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Colorado 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.