Thunderstorm Wind in Pendleton County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind in Pendleton County, West Virginia: 66 recorded events between 1969 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,591 nationally and #51 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Pendleton County is the 2010s, when 28 of the county's 66 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 Pendleton County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 41.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,591 for this hazard and #51 within West Virginia, putting it in the 18.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Pendleton County with 23 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 Pendleton County, West Virginia?

66 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Pendleton County between 1969 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Pendleton County?

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

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Pendleton 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.