Thunderstorm Wind in Rockwall County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind in Rockwall County, Texas: 87 recorded events between 1963 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 84. That places the county #2,372 nationally and #157 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Rockwall County is the 1990s, when 39 of the county's 87 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 Rockwall County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 38.0% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,372 for this hazard and #157 within Texas, putting it in the 24.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Rockwall County with 23 recorded events, while Dec 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 Rockwall County, Texas?

87 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Rockwall County between 1963 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Rockwall County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Rockwall County measured 84.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Rockwall 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.