Thunderstorm Wind in Grimes County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind in Grimes County, Texas: 84 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,409 nationally and #162 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Grimes County is the 1990s, when 23 of the county's 84 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 Grimes County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 40.6% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,409 for this hazard and #162 within Texas, putting it in the 23.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Grimes County with 17 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 55
• Flash Flood 48

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Grimes County, Texas?

84 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Grimes County between 1957 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Grimes County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Grimes 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.