Thunderstorm Wind in Gilmer County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind in Gilmer County, West Virginia: 86 recorded events between 1980 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 65. That places the county #2,388 nationally and #46 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Gilmer County is the 2020s, when 34 of the county's 86 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 Gilmer County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 51.8% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,388 for this hazard and #46 within West Virginia, putting it in the 24.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Gilmer County with 28 recorded events, while Oct 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 Gilmer County, West Virginia?

86 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Gilmer County between 1980 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Gilmer County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Gilmer 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.