Thunderstorm Wind in Grant County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind in Grant County, West Virginia: 114 recorded events between 1987 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,025 nationally and #34 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Grant County is the 2010s, when 51 of the county's 114 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 Grant County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 55.3% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,025 for this hazard and #34 within West Virginia, putting it in the 35.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Grant County with 33 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.

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

114 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Grant County between 1987 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Grant County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Grant 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.