71
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$938K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Yoakum County, Texas: 71 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #2,549 nationally and #189 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Yoakum County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Yoakum County is the 2000s, when 23 of the county's 71 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 Yoakum County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 29.8% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,549 for this hazard and #189 within Texas, putting it in the 19.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Yoakum County with 21 recorded events, while Nov 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2025 | PLAINS | 51 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2025 | DENVER CITY | 56 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2025 | PLAINS | 55 | $0 |
| May 27, 2025 | PLAINS | 52 | $0 |
| Aug 15, 2024 | PLAINS | 53 | $0 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | DENVER CITY | 52 | $0 |
| May 16, 2024 | PLAINS | 59 | $0 |
| May 28, 2023 | DENVER CITY | 69 | $0 |
| May 25, 2023 | DENVER CITY | 51 | $0 |
| May 24, 2022 | DENVER CITY | 52 | $0 |
Other hazards here
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A swath of extreme winds accompanied a bowing line-shaped convective complex as it moved southward over portions of Yoakum and Terry Counties during the late evening hours of the 26th. Severe winds initiated over central Yoakum County as measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Plains where a 62 mph gust was recorded at 20:45 CST. A cattle feed lot located on the New Mexico and Texas state line in western Yoakum County measured a peak gust of 81 mph according to newspaper accounts.||Damage to utility poles, lines, and trees was widespread. Numerous power poles were snapped along Farm to Market Road 213. Some minor crop damage occurred due to sandblasting. No significant structural damage was reported.||Law enforcement officials reported damage in and near Denver City when the winds spread south across southern Yoakum County. Winds estimated up to 70 mph reportedly occurred in the city between 21:10 and 21:15 CST. A number of power poles were snapped by the winds.
Newspaper articles reported damaging thunderstorm winds up to 70 miles per hour across northern Yoakum County. The worst damage was reported near Farm to Market Road 1780 where a number of irrigation systems and utility poles were damaged.
Strong thunderstorm wind estimated at 80 mph blew over and destroyed a center pivot irrigation system, destroyed an unoccupied mobile home and a travel trailer, damaged a garage, and blew down a number of trees and power poles.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Yoakum County, Texas?
71 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Yoakum County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Yoakum County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Yoakum County measured 80.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Yoakum 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.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Yoakum County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/yoakum-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.