Thunderstorm Wind in Mingo County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind in Mingo County, West Virginia: 123 recorded events between 1980 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,894 nationally and #30 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Mingo County is the 2010s, when 42 of the county's 123 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 Mingo County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 45.4% of all recorded severe weather across 10 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,894 for this hazard and #30 within West Virginia, putting it in the 39.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Mingo County with 24 recorded events, while Nov 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.

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

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

123 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Mingo County between 1980 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Mingo County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Mingo 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.