Thunderstorm Wind in Madison County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind in Madison County, Virginia: 178 recorded events between 1974 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,232 nationally and #40 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Madison County is the 2010s, when 75 of the county's 178 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 Madison County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 48.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,232 for this hazard and #40 within Virginia, putting it in the 60.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Madison County with 54 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.

• Flood 94
• Flash Flood 44

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

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

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

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Madison County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Madison 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.