Thunderstorm Wind in Highland County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind in Highland County, Virginia: 45 recorded events between 1974 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 65. That places the county #2,762 nationally and #109 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Highland County is the 2020s, when 18 of the county's 45 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 Highland County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 40.9% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,762 for this hazard and #109 within Virginia, putting it in the 12.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Highland County with 12 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.

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Highland County, Virginia?

45 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Highland County between 1974 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Highland County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Highland County measured 65.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Highland 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.