180
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$624K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Windham County, Vermont: 180 recorded events between 1957 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,211 nationally and #6 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Windham County, Vermont: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Windham County is the 2010s, when 59 of the county's 180 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 Windham County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 52.6% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,211 for this hazard and #6 within Vermont, putting it in the 61.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Windham County with 53 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2026 | VERNON | 50 | $0 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | GUILFORD | 50 | $0 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | BRATTLEBORO | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2025 | SAXTONS RIVER | 50 | $0 |
| Aug 5, 2024 | WESTMINSTER | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2024 | BRATTLEBORO | 55 | $0 |
| Jul 16, 2024 | TOWNSHEND | 55 | $0 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | VERNON | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | SOUTH VERNON | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | NORTH VERNON | 50 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Windham County
- Flash Flood 68
- Flood 49
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A widespread severe weather outbreak hit Vermont during the morning hours of July 15th. A long lived squall line, known as a Derecho, crossed Vermont during the morning hours. Southern Vermont was hardest hit especially across Windham, Windsor, Rutland and Bennington Counties.
A strong cold front crossed into southern Vermont late on May 18. At the same time, very strong winds aloft moved over the area. The combination of the instability, and lift ahead of the front, spawned a line of thunderstorms. One of the thunderstorm cells tapped into the strong wind aloft to produce strong to locally severe weather in Veron, Windham county. The wind blew large tree limbs down in that town.
A weak trough rippling through a very unstable air mass, touched off a round of thunderstorms in southern Vermont during the afternoon of June 30. One of the storms became severe in Windham County. Thunderstorm winds brought a large tree and wires down in Brattleboro.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Windham County, Vermont?
180 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Windham County between 1957 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Windham County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Windham County measured 70.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Windham 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 Windham County, Vermont.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/vermont/windham-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.